Xi Jinping terms CPEC a landmark project of BRI
ISLAMABAD – China’s President and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping, Friday said that the China, Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a landmark project of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and is of great significance to the further development of the China Pakistan All Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and the building of a closer China Pakistan Community of Shared Future.
In a special letter written to Dr. Arif Alvi, President of Pakistan, President Xi said China and Pakistan are good brothers and partners with special friendship.
He also expressed appreciation for Dr Alvi’s special letter of congratulations on the second conference of the CPEC Political Parties Joint Consultation Mechanism, Xi Jinping said it fully demonstrated the great importance Pakistan attached and support rendered to China Pakistan relations and the CPEC.
Referring to the Second Conference of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Political Parties Joint Consultation Mechanism (JCM) held here on Thursday, President Xi said the political parties of China and Pakistan have carried out friendly consultations on a regular basis, which have consolidated our political consensus on vigorously promoting the steady and long term development of the CPEC and high quality BRI cooperation.
Commenting on the joint fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Xi Jinping said since the outbreak of COVID-l9 pandemic, the global fight against the disease has fully proved that mutual support, solidarity and cooperation are the only way to defeat the pandemic. “China is ready to work with Pakistan to deepen the building of China Pakistan Community of Shared Future, jointly promote unity and cooperation among countries in the region and maintain the sound momentum of peace and development in the region,” he concluded.
