Nawaz Sharif-Jinping display bonhomie over OBOR
May 13, 2017 15:14
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reached Beijing on Saturday and felicitated his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang for organising the international forum to highlight One Belt One Road Initiative.
Terming the participation of key world leaders as a positive indication, Sharif, at the meeting, said that Pakistan considers China as its most important friend and it fully backs the One Belt One Road Initiative."
"We all stand as one for the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Pakistan is determined for its early completion," Geo Tv quoted Pakistan premier as saying.
Sharif led a high level delegation along with four provincial chief ministers as well as Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Railways Minister Saad Rafique, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir and IT Minister Anushay Rehman, among others. to attend the international forum to highlight Chinese initiative of "One Belt One Road.
In his six-day sojourn, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to meet high-level Chinese leadership.
After the meeting between the two heads, ministers from the two sides signed memoranda of understanding of multiple agreements between China and Pakistan.
The PM will attend the inaugural session of the One Belt One Road Summit, a plenary meeting of high-level dialogue and the state banquet.
The PM will also attend leaders' roundtable sessions scheduled to be held on the second day of the forum.
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