Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday and discussed progress on different development projects under China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and economic cooperation.
The ambassador greeted the minister on completion of 65 years of Pak-China relations. He said that friendship between the two countries would be further strengthened in future with more and more focus being laid on economic cooperation.
Ambassador Sun referred to the visit of Chinese President to Pakistan last year. He said: “2016 is the year of implementation of the decisions taken by the leadership of the two countries during that visit”. He cited the recent handing over of equipment by the Chinese government to security and health institutions in Pakistan as part of the implementation programme.
Minister Dar on this occasion said that Pakistan highly values Chinese support for various development projects in Pakistan.
Senior officials of the Ministry of Finance and Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) attended the meeting.
