High-quality B&R cooperation: Pakistan, China agree to deepen Beijing’s steps

Pakistan and China have agreed to deepen and substantiate Beijing’s eight major steps to support high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, and forge an “upgraded version” of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) by jointly building a growth corridor, as the two sides reaffirmed to upgrade strategic cooperation to break new ground and set new goals in their “All-weather” Strategic Cooperative Partnership.

This was agreed in the Fifth Round of the China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue co-chaired by foreign ministers of the two countries in Beijing on May 15, 2024.

According to a joint statement issued simultaneously in Islamabad and Beijing on Thursday, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar visited China from May 13 to May 16, 2024, at the invitation of a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.