Times of Islamabad

Pakistan and China vow to enhance transport sector cooperation under CPEC

Pakistan and China vow to enhance transport sector cooperation under CPEC

BEIJING – Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin-ul-Haque held a meeting withChina’s Minister for Transport, Li Xiaopeng here on Thursday.

Ambassador Haque and Minister Li held an in-depth exchange of views onvarious aspects of transport cooperation under China Pakistan EconomicCorridor (CPEC), including the Karakoram and other major highways,connectivity projects in Gwadar, the Main Line I (ML-I) railway upgrade,and metro mass-transit; as well as deepening of regional connectivityinitiatives and economic exchanges.

Welcoming the Ambassador, Minister Li expressed satisfaction at the stateof bilateral cooperation in the transport domain and reiterated China’scomplete support for joint efforts to forge even stronger multi-modallinkages.

In his remarks, Ambassador Haque stated that bilateral cooperation in thetransport sector was a longstanding pillar of bilateral cooperation thathad been given new impetus through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC).

The ambassador pledged do the utmost for furthering Pakistan-Chinatransport-sector cooperation to the greater benefit of the peoples of boththe countries.