FM leaves for China to attend Sino-Pak strategic dialogue

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi departed on Thursday for China on a two-day official visit to attend the second round of Pakistan-China foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue. He will also hold meetings with senior Chinese officials during his Beijing visit. Issues of mutual interest, bilateral cooperation, the phase-II of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and regional security will come under discussion in these meetings. It is noteworthy that the first Pakistan-China foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue had taken place in March. Shah Mahmood Qureshi will also deliberate Chinese President Xi Jinping’s likely visit to Islamabad in meetings with Chinese leaders, they said. Earlier, diplomatic sources had said that dates are being finalised for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan.