BEIJING:
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a ‘historic meeting’ on Sunday to discuss global and bilateral issues.
The announcement came through Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry’s official Twitter handle, where he reported that after his meeting with President Xi, the premier will depart for Islamabad.
وزیر اعظم عمران خان اور چین Ú©Û’ صدر Ø´ÛŒ جن پنگ Ú©Û’ درمیان اÛÙ… ملاقات اب سے Ú©Ú†Ú¾ دیر بعد شروع ÛÙˆ گی، دونوں رÛنما عالمی اور باÛÙ…ÛŒ معاملات پر Ú¯Ùتگو کریں Ú¯Û’ØŒ اس تاریخی ملاقات Ú©Û’ بعد وزیر اعظم اسلام آباد کیلئے Ø±ÙˆØ§Ù†Û ÛÙˆ جائیں Ú¯Û’Û”
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) February 6, 2022
The PM is on a four-day visit to China, accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin, Minister for Planning Asad Umar, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry and other senior officials.
A day earlier, PM Imran met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing. During the meeting, both sides reaffirmed the centrality of the Pakistan-China All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and reiterated support on each other’s issues of core interest.
“Strategic ties between Pakistan and China serve the fundamental interests of the two countries and are a factor in regional peace and stability,†PM Imran said during a meeting with Premier Li.
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Imran held wide-ranging talks with Li in which he congratulated him for organising Beijing Winter Olympics.
On Friday, PM Imran held meetings with a number of representatives of major Chinese companies, paving the way for billions of dollars worth of Chinese investment into the country.
As per the official handout, China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC), a subsidiary of Sinomach, will set up Pakistan-China Agricultural Science and Technology Transferring Centre on government-to-government aid basis.