*ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said Pakistanhad made an agreement for phase two of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) agreement with China.*
“When we came into power, media unleashed speculations that the CPEC is indanger. However, I can say it categorically that the CPEC is facing noperil today,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi said while addressing a ceremony inIslamabad.
He said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would work incollaboration with China for eradicating poverty from the country.
To a query about the ongoing tensions with India, FM Qureshi said thatPakistan wanted peace with India, but it did not mean that it wouldcompromise on the issue of Kashmir.
“India should not misconceive that it could change the situation of Kashmirthrough intimidation. The neighbouring country should cogitate on what gavebirth to the fresh freedom movements in Kashmir,” he said.
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He said innocent citizens of the valley were being butchered and funeralswere taking place. He said had he been the foreign minister of India, hecould not sleep in the night.
He said Pakistan had this in mind that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modiwould do something despicable prior to the upcoming elections. “I conveneda meeting of ambassadors several weeks before the Pulwama attack and toldthat something might happen.”
Shah Mehmood Qureshi also said the foreign minister of Germany would soonvisit Pakistan. He said Pakistan was going to strike a fresh deal with theEuropean Union this month.
