10 June 2016

News Story: Pakistan's top advisor praises fruit of China-Pakistan parternship

ISLAMABAD, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Progress made in Pakistan's strategic partnership with China has been the most important achievement of the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the country's top foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz said on Thursday.

As the government completed three years of its five year-term this month, the foreign affairs adviser highlighted the three-year achievements of the government and talked about some of the future challenges in a press conference here.

"The most important achievement of the past three years was undoubtedly the path breaking transformation in Pakistan's strategic partnership with China," he said.

"The most visible manifestation of this transformation was the launch, in April 2015, of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) involving Chinese investment of 46 billion U.S. dollars in energy, infrastructure, communication projects and for developing the Gwadar Port," Aziz said.

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