ISLAMABAD – A day after completing the historic China visit, ForeignMinister says Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit the neighboring countryin March to participate in a regional conference on Afghanistan.
Briefing media at Nur Khan Air Base, Qureshi mentioned taking a follow-upvisit to Beijing next month where Pakistani leaders will participate in the’immediate neighbors of Afghanistan conference’.
Sharing details about PM’s recent visit, he said Imran Khan haddelegation-level talks and meeting with top Chinese leadership as the twosides discussed ways and means to move on the economic front, enhancemarket access, bridge the trade imbalance.
During the recent meeting, both sides agreed to meet again in Beijing inMarch, Qureshi mentioned while adding that Iran, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistanwould also be invited to attend the meet on war raved country. ActingAfghan foreign minister would also be invited to China for talks, he said.
Qureshi said Beijing acknowledged Islamabad’s role in Afghanistan’shumanitarian assistance and commended Pakistan for holding a successfulmeeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
FM described Khan’s four-day visit as extremely successful and productivesaying the Chinese premier pledged all-out support for Pakistan.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping held wide-ranging bilateral talks with PMImran Khan in which they also stressed the urgency of providing enhancedinternational aid to Afghanistan to help it avert a looming humanitariancrisis.
In a joint statement, the iron brothers called upon the internationalcommunity to provide continued and enhanced assistance and support toAfghanistan including through unfreezing of Afghanistan’s financial assets.
Both sides have recently stepped up engagements with the interim setup inKabul to explore ways to increase humanitarian aid and economic cooperationwith the crisis-hit country.
