ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Imran Khan will be visiting China on April 27 on an invitation by Chinese president for attending the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Finance Minister Asad Umar would be part of the delegation for a three-day tour to China.
The Belt and Road forum is scheduled to be held in Beijing which will be attended by head of states and delegates of more than 100 countries.
On the sidelines of the event, the premier will be holding key meetings with several officials. Besides, he will meet his Chinese counterpart and President Xi Jinping for discussion on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project and to cement the ties between the two countries.
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Prime Minister Imran Khan last visited Pakistan’s ‘all-weather friend’ in November last year and met Chinese president, Xi Jinping. Both countries signed multiple agreements and vowed to strengthen the relationship between Islamabad and Bejing.
Recently, Pakistan received $ 2.2 billion from China to shore up its economy which is facing Balance of Payment crisis.
“The SBP has received RMB 15 billion value, equivalent to $2.2 billion as proceeds of the loan obtained by the government of Pakistan from China,” the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said in a tweet on Monday.
