Beijing, May 26 -- China and Pakistan have agreed on a new broad consensus to deepen their All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and accelerate the development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), including plans to transform Gwadar Port into a regional connectivity hub, according to a joint statement issued on Tuesday following Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's visit to Beijing.
Sharif met both President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing, with the two sides issuing a wide-ranging joint statement that reinforced their "All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership" and mapped out an ambitious agenda spanning infrastructure, minerals, digital economy, space, and regional security.
The joint statement mention the "...