SHAFAQNA PAKISTAN (Shia News Agency)
Much awaited visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping is decided and he is going to visit Pakistan next week. Chinese President Xi Jinping will launch energy and infrastructure projects worth $46 billion on a visit to Pakistan next week as China cements links with its old ally and generates opportunities for firms hit by slack growth at home. His visit was earlier postponed due to some preoccupied engagements on both sides. This visit is taking place in the backdrop of a very important geopolitical and regional situation apart from further boosting the exemplary Pak-China relations. This visit is also very important from the Pakistan’s political and economic point of view as we are currently engaged in Pak-China Economic Corridor project which if implemented in letter and spirit will enhance our economic activities manifold and the country will ultimately prospers. Xi’s trip is expected to focus on a Pakistan-China Economic Corridor, a planned $46-billion network of roads, railways and energy projects linking Pakistan’s deepwater Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea with China’s far-western Xinjiang region.
This visit was very much awaited by Pakistanis for last few months. China-Pakistan relationship has been defined as “Iron Brothers” whose “all-weather friendship” is “higher than the Himalayas and deeper than the oceans” and “sweeter than honey”. These words need to be translated in realties by taking full advantage of Chinese expertise in all fields of life. Pakistan must prepare ourselves to enjoy the fruits of economic development and socio-economic prosperity. It would shorten the route for China’s energy imports, bypassing the Straits of Malacca between Malaysia and Indonesia, a bottleneck at risk of blockade in wartime.
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