ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have agreed to maintain real-time coordination to strengthen bilateral ties and ensure swift communication on key regional and global matters.
This came during a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Moscow on Tuesday on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting, Radio Pakistan reported.
They reaffirmed the “all-weather” Pakistan-China strategic partnership, reviewed bilateral and multilateral cooperation—especially within the SCO—and praised the Shanghai Spirit principles guiding regional collaboration.
They also exchanged views on global issues and agreed to maintain real-time engagement moving forward.
It may be recalled that Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited China in early September to attend a regional summit.
During the visit, he met with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang and discussed political, economic, and investment ties.
He also invited top Chinese business executives and their companies to invest in Pakistan, highlighting his government’s investment-friendly policies amid Islamabad’s push for sustainable economic growth.
China has long been Pakistan’s largest investor and its closest strategic ally, anchored by the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Both sides are working to advance into “CPEC 2.0,” focused on industrialization, agriculture, energy and connectivity.
In August, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visited Pakistan to attend the sixth round of the Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue.
