- Wang Yi to co -reside the Islamabad dialogue.
- CPEC, Trade, Peace Top Agenda in talks.
- First visit to Pakistan since the assault of India.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is going to Islamabad to co-resist the 6th strategic dialogue of Pakistani-China Foreign Ministers on August 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday.
According to the press release, the visit is part of the high -level regular exchanges aimed at further strengthening the “strategic cooperative partnership all times” between Pakistan and China.
Dialogue will reaffirm mutual support on the fundamental interests of others, will improve economic and commercial cooperation and underline the commitment of the two countries towards regional peace, development and stability.
According to The newsThe commitments of Wang Yi will include meetings with the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, emphasizing the progress of the Chinese-Pakistani economic corridor (CPEC), economic collaboration, regional security and defense links.
The Chinese Foreign Minister should also meet the chief of staff of the army, Marshal Syed Asim Munnir in Rawalpindi.
It will be Wang Yi’s first visit to Pakistan since the cross -border aggression of India in May of last year and occurs weeks after his meeting with Marshal Munnir in Beijing, a development considered to strengthen the relationship “to all Ironclade” between Islamabad and Beijing.
Diplomatic sources have also indicated that the long -awaited trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, China and Afghanistan should take place in Kabul immediately after the visit of Wang Yi.
The DPM DAR is likely to accompany him for talks with the Minister of Affairs of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, although the officials did not exclude the possibility that the Afghan Foreign Minister going to Islamabad. Discussions should cover regional stability and Pakistan security problems concerning Afghanistan.
Sources have noted that some world capitals had tried to obstruct trilateral dialogue, but after weeks of negotiations, the three parties agreed to continue. Reunion is considered an important step to advance trilateral cooperation.
Wang Yi’s journey has a significant regional weight because he is stopping in New Delhi and precedes the visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to China later this month for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin.
