{"id":3375,"date":"2025-09-05T07:06:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:07:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:07:00","slug":"pakistan-china-agree-to-advance-cpec-2-0-with-five-new-corridors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=3375","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, China agree to advance CPEC 2.0 with five new corridors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>PM Shehbaz, Chinese counterpart attend MoUs ceremony.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shehbaz,\u00a0Li Qiang discuss bilateral ties during meeting.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Both leaders also discuss five new corridors of CPEC phase II.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan and China on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to advancing bilateral cooperation under the upgraded China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC 2.0), which includes five new corridors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The understanding came during a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Both sides expressed satisfaction with the progress of their relations and pledged to work closely on the next phase of CPEC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM Shehbaz is currently in China on a six-day official visit. He landed in Tianjin on August 30, where he attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During today&#8217;s meeting, the two leaders also attended the ceremony of exchanging memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreements signed and announced between the two countries with regard to cooperation in the development of CPEC 2.0, science and technology, IT, media, agriculture, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The delegation-level talks were followed by a sumptuous luncheon, hosted by the Chinese premier in honour of the prime minister and his delegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=APP&#038;dnt=false&#038;embedId=twitter-widget-0&#038;features=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%3D%3D&#038;frame=false&#038;hideCard=false&#038;hideThread=false&#038;id=1963519206600962307&#038;lang=en&#038;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geo.tv%2Flatest%2F621907-pakistan-china-agree-to-advance-cpec-20-with-five-new-corridors&#038;sessionId=f2ee41fb3206348c3f128dcc2cf936f1a848f408&#038;siteScreenName=geonews_english&#038;theme=light&#038;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&#038;width=550px<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During their &#8220;warm and friendly\u201d meeting, the prime minister expressed his deepest gratitude to the Chinese leadership and nation for their unflinching support of Pakistan\u2019s territorial integrity, sovereignty, and socio-economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on the important consensus reached between President Xi Jinping and Premier Shehbaz in their meeting on September 2, both leaders reaffirmed their shared resolve to further strengthen the iron-clad, all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The premier also congratulated the Chinese leadership on the successful hosting of the SCO Council of Heads of State Summit in Tianjin and extended his felicitations to China on the 80th anniversary of the success of the Chinese people in the War of Resistance and World\u2019s Anti-Fascist War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PM Thanks China for Assisting Pakistan\u2019s Growth and Security | Breaking News\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W6uWUdfQass?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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