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Last updated: September 10, 2018 from 15h50 to 31h
The two countries pledged to jointly promote the construction of the CPEC and to promote the development of bilateral relations. (File)
"All-weather" friendship with China was the cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy, said Prime Minister Imran Khan, who pledged to implement the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Pakistan and China on Sunday pledged to finalize the $ 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, wishing to strengthen the bilateral strategic partnership.
Wang, who arrived in Islamabad for a three-day visit on Friday, met Khan in Islamabad with a high-level delegation. "The Minister of Foreign Affairs has stressed the importance of the CPEC in the mutual interest of the peoples of both countries," said the Prime Minister's Office in a statement.
Wang expressed the wish of Chinese leaders to work with the new government to strengthen the strategic partnership between Pakistan and China.
He stressed the importance of Sino-Pakistani relations, which served as a model of friendship in interstate relations.
The two countries pledged to jointly promote the construction of the CPEC and to promote the development of bilateral relations.
Pakistan's new president, Arif Alvi, said that friendship with China is Pakistan's national policy and that for more than five decades, Pakistan has always cherished China's friendship with China.
Wang said the bilateral relations and friendship between China and Pakistan remain unchanged despite the changing national and international situation, adding that his visit was aimed at getting in touch with the new Pakistani government in order to continue
Wang said that China is ready to join Pakistan to make bilateral relations a model of good neighborliness and friendship, a pillar of regional peace and stability and an example of joint construction of the belt and the road. reported.
He also forwarded the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang for an official visit to Khan.
Khan reiterated that Pakistan's friendship with China is the cornerstone of Pakistan's foreign policy. "The prime minister reiterated that the government is committed to the implementation of the CPEC," the statement said.
At the meeting, the regional situation and global issues were also discussed. Earlier, he met with his counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Qamar Army Chief Javed Bajwa.
Wang's visit came as a result of reports of unrest in Beijing about how the new PTI government would get closer to China's $ 50 billion investment in various CPEC projects.
In the past, Khan had criticized former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the lack of transparency and corruption in CPEC projects.
The new Finance Minister, Asad Umar, has promised to bring transparency to the CPEC's projects, the details of which have remained secret.
India protested in China about the CPEC, which is being built in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
China has become an all-weather ally of Pakistan, where it has launched several development projects with over US $ 50 billion investment under the CPEC, as part of the country's ambitious Border and Road initiative. Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The CPEC, launched in 2015, is a network of road, rail and energy projects linking the resource-rich Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the strategic port of Gwadar, Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea.
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