In a meeting with students from the National University of Modern Languages ​​in Islamabad, the diplomat said that the political foundation of China-Pakistan is very strong.

Jiang said that since the beginning of the year, Xi has maintained close communication with President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to reach an important consensus, and characterized the CPEC as an important historical project in the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, which, he said, contributes a total of 25.4 billion dollars in direct investment.

The diplomat also said that the initiative enabled the creation of 236 thousand jobs, the construction of 510 kilometers of roads, and the contribution of more than eight thousand megawatts of electricity with 886 new kilometers of central transmission network. “We are willing to work with Pakistan to strengthen people-to-people exchanges, continue the special friendship between the two countries, and consolidate the basis of bilateral cooperation,” he emphasized.

President Xi Jinping and the leaders of Pakistan established the positioning of the All-Weather Strategic Partnership for Cooperation between both countries and carried forward the construction of the Corridor from its beginnings to a new improved stage, the source said.

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