ISLAMABAD: PM Imran Khan is likely to leave for China where he would holdmeetings with global leaders, things are being planned.
As per media report, Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to visit China inApril.
He will join other foreign heads of state and top governments officials atthe second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation being held inBeijing.
The BRI, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, has broughtcountries and regions together through enhanced trade, infrastructuredevelopment, investment, cultural and people-to-people exchanges.
A total of 152 countries and international organisations have signedcooperation documents with China on the initiative over the past six years,official statistics show.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has been informally invited by Chinese PresidentXi Jinping to the Forum.
“Chinese and Pakistani diplomatic channels have been opened to discussmodalities of the upcoming trip of Prime Minister Imran Khan. In thisregard, China’s Minister for Public Security would visit Pakistan thismonth to formally invite prime minister Imran Khan,” the source said.
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China’s State Counselor, also the foreign minister, Mr Wang Yi has revealedthat thousands of delegates from over 100 countries are expected to attendthe Forum.
Wang Yi says China will fully implement the eight major initiativesannounced at the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-AfricaCooperation, and continuously deepen Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)cooperation.
Wang says the BRI is instead an “economic pie” due to which East Africa nowhas its first expressway, the Maldives has built its first inter-islandbridge, Belarus is able to produce sedans and Kazakhstan is connected tothe sea. Southeast Asia is constructing a high-speed railway.
“And the Eurasian continent is benefiting from the longest distance freighttrain service. It is not a geopolitical tool, but a great opportunity forshared development,” Wang Yi says.
Experts believe that China, in the backdrop of a fast changing world, isall set to offer Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) as a major diplomatic anddevelopment initiative and Belt and Road Forum would prove to be anothermilestone in this regard.
