ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Minister for Human Rights says China PakistanEconomic Corridor (CPEC) can counter unilaterally imposed US sanctions,state news agency APP reported.
Dr Shireen Mazari said this while speaking at seminar on Gold RingEconomic-Bloc consisting of Russia, China, Pakistan, and Iran jointlyorganized by GREF and Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS)in Islamabad.
She explained the CPEC should be considered as community of power and notbe conceived just as transactional relations adding that it can be used tocounter sanctions on GREF countries.
She said CPEC is a huge opportunity which can and should be exploited andused for the economic betterment of the people of these Golden RingCountries and it can also help bring harmony, peace and stability in thesecountries.
Earlier Iran’s Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost while speaking tosenior Pakistani journalists had said that the CPEC project is a gamechanger.
“In CPEC nobody can ignore importance and capabilities of Iran as it hashuge and enormous resources…we believe in cooperation among regionalpowers,” the envoy noted.
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He added that Iran is ready to become part of the CPEC project and can playa very major role in making the project a success with its vast energyrecourses.
Meanwhile Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing talking to IRNA had saidthat Iran because of its geographical position in the region becomesnatural partner in the CPEC project.
“I think CPEC is a regional project and if Iran could be the beneficiary ofthe regional connectivity and cooperation I think this would add to thevalue of the CPEC,” he said.
