Islamabad, 21 July 2022 (TDI): The 3rd meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group (JWG) on International Cooperation and Coordination (JWG-ICC) was co-chaired by Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, Sohail Mahmood, & China’s Assistant Foreign Minister, Wu Jianghao.
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Foreign Secretary co-chairs 3rd meeting of CPEC’sJWG on International Cooperation and Coordination
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The meeting was held in virtual mode, today. Senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both China and Pakistan along with the relevant organs attended the meeting.
These include China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and Pakistan’s Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives, and the Board of Investment.
The agenda of the meeting was to review the continued implementation of CPEC and its expansion to mutually agreed on priority zones.
During the meeting, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood highlighted the significance of the time-tested Pakistan-China All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership in the foreign policy of Pakistan.
Along these lines, he stated that epitomizing the historic choice of both partners and people, the dynamism of CPEC reflects the deep-rooted mutual goodwill as the core of the bilateral relationship.
He underscored the steady progress on realizing crucial projects in the pipeline and the timely completion of CPEC projects serves to energize bilateral cooperation.
Moreover, it will also serve to strengthen the economic modernization of Pakistan along with enhancing the ability for sustained prosperity and progress.
Aside from that, the two sides agreed that the development of CPEC had reached a new point, in terms of tangible socio-economic benefits for the people by prioritizing high-quality development of agriculture, IT, industry, and science and technology.
Moreover, CPEC as the flagship of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), had broken new ground to strengthen global and regional connectivity, particularly in the context of extension to Afghanistan.
In addition, both sides welcomed interested third parties to profit from mutually beneficial cooperation offered by CPEC as an inclusive and open platform.
Last but not the least, the two sides also agreed to support the think tanks and media to highlight the contributions of CPEC as international cooperation for sustainable development.
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