Terming enhanced rail, road and air connectivity as key to regional development, President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said Pakistan sees great potential in the Eurasian corridor and fully supports its revival.
“Pakistan is for enhanced rail, road and air connectivity in the region as it is the key to regional development,” President Zardari said while addressing the China-Eurasia Economic Development and Cooperation Forum soon after the opening ceremony of first China-Eurasia Expo here in the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from September 1 to 5.
The president who reached Urumqi on Tuesday to attend the mega event said the Chinese government by hosting the China-Eurasia Expo had built economic bridges between Europe and Asia, the East and the West.
“This is a timely and laudable initiative,” he remarked.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Defence Minister Ch Ahmed Mukhtar, Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister Dr Asim Hussain, Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Syed Mehdi Shah, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Ch Abdul Majeed, Board of Investment Chairman Salim H Mandviwala, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Senator Haji Ghulam Ali, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Masood Khan and Spokesperson to the President attended the event.
President Zardari’s both daughters Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari and Aseefa Bhutto Zardari were also present on the occasion.
Pakistan fully supports revival of Eurasian corridor: Zardari
