Pakistan and China welcome interested third parties to benefit from CPEC
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Pakistan and China Thursday welcomed interested third parties to benefit from avenues for mutually beneficial cooperation opened up by China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The 3rd meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group (JWG) on International Cooperation and Coordination (JWG-ICC) was held in virtual mode.
The meeting was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Jianghao. During the meeting, both sides reviewed the continued implementation of CPEC and its expansion to jointly agreed priority areas.
The foreign secretary underscored the centrality of the time-tested all-weather strategic cooperative partnership in Pakistan’s foreign policy. He underlined that the timely completion of CPEC projects and steady progress on realizing important projects in the pipeline was energizing bilateral cooperation and further strengthening the foundation for Pakistan’s economic modernization and enhancing the capacity for sustained progress and prosperity.
It was noted that as a flagship of the Belt and Road Initiative, CPEC had broken new ground in strengthening international and regional connectivity, especially in the context of its extension to Afghanistan.
