CHINA PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR PROJECT IS A NEW MILESTONE IN 65 YEARS OF SINO-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
CPEC TRANSFORMS PAK-CHINA RELATIONS FROM GEO-STRATEGIC TO GEO-ECONOMICS ORBIT
By.Asghar Ali Mubarak
Islamabad- The China Pakistan Economic Corridor project is a new milestone in 65 years of Sino-Pakistan relations. Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal stated this while addressing a seminar titled ‘Pakistan China Iron Brothers’ organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation in Islamabad. He said project has brought Pak-China relations from geo-strategic orbit to geo-economics orbit – the element which was ignored in the past. This is not a bilateral project but three billion people of the region will accrue benefit from it. Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz Rashid said China Pakistan Economic Corridor is the project of peace and development. The convoys that will play on the corridor project will not conquer other countries but help provide basic amenities of life to the people. This road of peace will sprout the springs of development in the region. The construction of ports and road infrastructure in the region will bring the people closer to each other. Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong said relations between the two countries have grown from strength to strength over the past sixty five years. Both the countries take this relationship as priority of the diplomacy. We regard each other as equal partners and reliable friends. Both the countries respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Pak-China relations have been promoted to all weather strategic partnership which provides new prospects and opportunities to take the relationships to new heights.
