ISLAMABAD:Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng was accorded warm welcome when he reached the PM House in Islamabad on Monday with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif himself receiving the dignitary. On his arrival, Prime Minister Shehbaz received the foreign dignitary at the main entrance of the PM House. Later, he introduced his delegation to the Chinese vice-premier comprising federal cabinet members Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Ishaq Dar, Rana Sanaullah, Syed Naveed Qamar, Ahsan Iqbal, Saad Rafiq, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Hina Rabbani Khar and Tariq Fatemi.
This followed the introduction of the Chinese delegation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by the visiting dignitary. At the invitation of the Government of Pakistan, Special Envoy of President Xi Jinping, the Vice Premier of China and Member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, is visiting Islamabad to attend the 10th-anniversary celebrations of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
Earlier in the day, PM Shehbaz shared a tweet to welcome the Chinese vice premier and members of his delegation to Pakistan. The prime minister said they are visiting Pakistan to join us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of CPEC and witnessing first-hand the transformations brought about by this game-changing initiative. “It is my pleasure to warmly welcome the Chinese Vice-Premier H.E. He Lifeng and members of his delegation to Pakistan. They are visiting Pakistan to join us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of CPEC and witnessing first-hand the transformations brought about by this game-changing initiative,” the prime minister wrote on a microblogging site. “During his visit, He Lifeng will call on President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif,” according to the Foreign Office spokesperson.
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