Times of Islamabad

CPEC projects: Foreign Minister gives important statement

CPEC projects: Foreign Minister gives important statement

ISLAMABAD – Addressing the upper house of the parliament today on motionsmoved by leader of Opposition Senator Raja Muhamad Zafar-ul-Haque, ForeignMinister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit toChina remained very successful.

He said the nation is united on CPEC and the government will complete allongoing projects under this corridor. He said delegates from 130 countriesattended the Shanghai Expo and the Prime Minister was one of the sevenprominent world leaders who were invited for Keynote Address on thisoccasion.

He said Pakistan Pavilion was one of the eight pavilions which were visitedby the world leaders. He said fifteen agreements and MoUs have been signedbetween the two countries regarding Human development, Education, Health,Skill development, poverty alleviation, Agriculture and Industrialdevelopment.

Foreign Minister said Pakistan enjoys close brotherly relations with SaudiArabia which will be further strengthened after the recent visits of PrimeMinister Imran Khan to the Kingdom. He said Saudi Arabia agreed to placethree billion dollars in State Bank of Pakistan to help it overcome itsbalance of payment crises.

The Minister said Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered to play a mediatoryrole to resolve the Yemen conflict and his initiative has been welcomed byall the parties concerned.