China fully agrees to the positive assessment made by President Dr ArifAlvi on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) cooperation, saidChinese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday during hisregular briefing in response to a question about President Alvi’s recentinterview to a Chinese media outlet.
Wang Wenbin said the Chinese side would continue to work with Pakistan toimplement the consensus reached by the two leaders on CPEC. “We will ensuretimely completion of current projects and focus on industrial andagricultural fields,” he added.
He said the Chinese side would also ensure that high quality Belt and Roadcooperation would deliver greater benefits to the two countries and peoplein the region.
He maintained that CPEC, as a pioneer project of Belt and Road Initiative(BRI), has been developing at a consistent pace since its inception in 2013.
“As we have talked about it before, China and Pakistan have been workingtogether to fight Covid-19 and despite the challenges posed by thepandemic, all CPEC projects have been effectively moved ahead,” he said.
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He remarked that cooperation between the two countries has provided animportant support to Pakistan’s efforts to fight the pandemic and stabilizeits economy.
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