Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal along with Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi has reached China to hold talks with the Chinese leadership on the matters of mutual interest, specially China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), agriculture and energy.
Pakistan Ambassador to China, Khalil Hashmi and high level Chinese authorities received the Pakistani delegation at Beijing Airport on Wednesday.
In his special message from Beijing Airport, Ahsan Iqbal said China is our trustworthy friend which has extended every kind of help to Pakistan in testing times.
He said projects of worth twenty-five billion dollars are currently being implemented in Pakistan under the framework of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
He said swift and successful implementation of projects related to agriculture, industry, green energy and technology would be implemented under the second phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
The Minister said his visit to China will help prepare agenda of Joint Cooperation Committee meeting of Pakistan and China.