Chinese Vice President to arrive in Islamabad on Sunday
Wang Qishan will meet President Arif Alvi and hold talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan
BEIJING (Web Desk) – Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday on a two-day official visit to Pakistan.
The Chinese vice president would be visiting Pakistan from May 26 to 28 at the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Wang Qishan will meet President Arif Alvi and hold talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan and exchange views on deepening bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interests.
Pakistan and China will sign MoUs and agreements and inaugurate projects to enhance bilateral cooperation in a broad range of areas.
The visit of the Chinese Vice President underscores the vitality of the time-tested and all-weather relationship between Pakistan and China.
It will reinforce the strength of bilateral ties and impart further impetus to the growing, multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries in diverse fields.
The visit is in continuation of high-level exchanges between the two countries, which have acquired an increased momentum since the Prime Minister s visit to China in November last year and his participation in the 2nd Belt and Road Forum in Beijing in April this year.
Vice President’s upcoming visit to further deepen friendship
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan’s upcoming visit to Pakistan will further deepen high-level exchanges, friendship and mutual trust between China and Pakistan and advance development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) besides bilateral cooperation across the board, a Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesperson said.
“We believe the vice president’s visit will further deepen high-level exchanges, friendship and mutual trust between China and Pakistan and advance the CPEC development and our cooperation across the board,” Lu Kang said.
He said the visit would inject a new impetus in a closer community of shared future in a new era for two countries. “Wang Qishan will be meeting with President Arif Alvi and hold talks with Prime Minister Imran Khan and exchange views on deepening bilateral relations and international and regional issues of mutual interests,” he added.
Lu Kang remarked that China and Pakistan were all-weather strategic cooperative partners and iron friends, adding, “We firmly support each other on issues concerning each other’s foreign interests.”Â
