Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif kicked off his visit to China on Tuesday, which marks Sharif’s first China visit since he started his second term as prime minister in March.
Chinese experts said this high-level visit will further enhance ties between China and Pakistan, push forward the development and upgrade of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and expand cooperation in emerging sectors such as new technologies .
While security issues along the CPEC still remain a challenge, Chinese experts said Sharif’s visit will elevate mutual trust and push for new cooperation between the two countries to inject strong momentum into the CPEC.
“We are coming with serious plans to make our friendship become much higher than the Himalayas and deeper than the deepest ocean of the world,” Sharif said in an interview with Chinese media in Islamabad ahead of his China trip, the Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.
Through the visit, Pakistan hopes to promote interaction between enterprises in both countries, utilize special economic zones and Pakistan’s labor advantages to establish joint ventures, facilitate the transfer of industries and technologies, and enhance Pakistan’s manufacturing output to promote constructing an upgraded CPEC, Sharif said.
Pakistan PM starts China visit to enhance ties, expand CPEC cooperation
By Kuşak ve Yol