Beijing: On his maiden visit to Beijing, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during which the two leaders agreed to strengthen the all-weather friendship and the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Shehbaz arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night on a two-day visit. This is his first visit to China since assuming office in April this year. However, this is Shebaz’s second meeting with Xi after becoming the prime minister. He met Xi last month on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit at Samarkand in Uzbekistan.
In his Samarkand meeting with Shehbaz, Xi had called for providing solid protection for hundreds of Chinese working on the CPEC projects.
Shehbaz and Xi on Tuesday met at the People’s Great Hall of China and discussed broad-based cooperation in economy and investment besides exchanging views on regional and global developments, Pakistan’s state-run APP news agency reported on Wednesday.
The two leaders agreed to strengthen multilateral cooperation in diverse areas, including CPEC and strategic partnership, it said.
Both Shehbaz and Xi have expressed the desire to further promote the All-Weather Strategic Cooperation Partnership between their countries, the report said.
