BEIJING, : China on Wednesday lauded President Dr. Arif Alvi\u2019s remarks about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and terming it as a visionary pilot project of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which not only served to promote socio economic development of Pakistan and China but also aimed to enhance regional connectivity and shared prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have noted these reports and we commend President Alvi\u2019s comments on the CPEC,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry\u2019s Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said during his regular briefing held here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs President Dr Arif Alvi said the visionary CPEC as important pilot project of the BRI not only serves to promote China and Pakistan\u2019s socio economic development but also aims to enhance regional connectivity and share prosperity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said, since its launch tangible outcomes in areas like energy, transportation infrastructure and ports had been achieved making concrete contributions to Pakistan\u2019s national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zhao Lijian remarked that both Pakistan and China supported exploring possibility of opening the corridor to third parties based on consensus through consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we look at Gwadar port as an example nearly 20,000 tonnes of commodities such as wheat, sugar and fertilizers have been transferred through the port to Afghanistan creating almost a 1000 temporary jobs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that China firmly supported the development of CPEC and stood ready to work with Pakistan to fully implement the consensus reached between the two leaders, focus on cooperation, social development, livelihood, industry and agriculture while advancing current projects to turn CPEC into a demonstration programme for high quality development of the BRI and bring more benefits to the two peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview, President Alvi had said that he was optimistic about the future of Pakistan. As a result of CPEC projects, Pakistan was going to emerge as international geo strategic Economic hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said, the CPEC also created favourable conditions for realizing connectivity between China, Pakistan and central Asian countries and Pakistan would further elevate cooperation with China various areas and accelerate high quality development CPEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a response to a question, he contradicted remarks of the US Secretary of State about influence of China\u2019s infrastructure deals from Laos to Montenegro to Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that for some US politicians, attacking China was a check-list they need to do every day. \u201cThis is so true for Pompeo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zhao Lijian said that China\u2019s relationship with Laos, Pakistan and Montenegro was a traditional friendship and the US Secretary of State Pompeo did not need to waste his breath on sowing discord between us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING, : China on Wednesday lauded President Dr. Arif Alvi\u2019s remarks about the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and terming it as a visionary pilot project of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which not only served to promote socio economic development of Pakistan and China […]<\/p>\n
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