Sharif is accompanied by CM of all four provinces, as well as Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Saad Rafique, Khurram Dastagir and Anushay Rehman, among others
\nINP
\nISLAMABAD
\nPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with four chief ministers and several federal ministers arrived in Beijing on a six-day visit to China on Friday.
\nChinese President Xi Jinping has invited the premier to attend the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.
\nIn the six-day sojourn, the premier is also scheduled to meet high-level Chinese leadership and visit Hong Kong to address leading businessmen.
\nSharif is accompanied by chief ministers of all four provinces, as well as Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Planning and Development Minister Ahsan Iqbal, Railways Minister Saad Rafique, Commerce Minister Khurram Dastagir and IT Minister Anushay Rehman, among others.
\nThe high-level delegation left Friday morning in a special plane from Islamabad airport.
\n\u201cPakistan is an important partner of China in promoting One Belt One Road Initiative and we believe that Prime Minister Sharif\u2019s visit and his attendance at the forum will give a boost to our cooperation in the relevant fields,\u201d Geng Shuang \u2014 a spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry \u2014 said while responding to a question during his regular press briefing.
\nThe spokesperson said, as an organiser and host of the forum, China will warmly welcome all the guests from around the world, including Pakistan.
\nHe said the CPEC is a premier and pilot project of the One Belt One Road Initiative and progress has already made in this regard.
\n\u201cThe forum will be held from May 14, 15 and we all are looking forward to it,\u201d he added.
\nAccording to official sources, during his stay in China, the prime minister will also hold important meetings with the top Chinese leadership, particularly Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Kaqiang, to further promote bilateral relations between the two countries.
\nOn the first day of the forum, the prime minister will attend the inaugural session of the One Belt One Road Summit, a plenary meeting of high-level dialogue and the state banquet.
\nThe prime minister will also attend leaders\u2019 roundtable sessions scheduled to be held on the second day of the forum.
\nAs many as 28 heads of state and government, over 50 leaders of international organisations, over 100 ministerial-level officials, as well as over 1,200 delegates from various countries and regions will participate in the forum.
\nMedium and long term cooperation initiatives will be announced and long-term cooperation mechanisms explored to build a closer and more result-oriented network of partnerships, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sharif is accompanied by CM of all four provinces, as well as Ishaq Dar, Ahsan Iqbal, Saad Rafique, Khurram Dastagir and Anushay Rehman, among others INP ISLAMABAD Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif along with four chief ministers and several federal ministers arrived in Beijing on a six-day visit to China on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n