Pakistan will engage China at the highest level for talks on several big projects in the fields of hydropower, oil refinery and steel mills as part of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the country, a senior minister has said.
Prime minister Khan will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday on a two-day visit to China, Pakistan’s all-weather ally, during which he would meet the country’s top leadership, including President Xi Jinping, and discuss issues of regional and bilateral significance.
He will also hold talks with the top Chinese leadership to revive most of the CPEC projects that have reportedly been stalled due to various reasons, including prevailing financial crunch confronting the government and non-cooperation of the bureaucracy due to fear of the anti-corruption watchdog National Accountability Bureau.
