FM Dar, Chinese envoy discuss CPEC, trade and regional stability

Jiang Zaidong, called on Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar@MIshaq. Dar50. DPM/FM appreciated the continued progress in the Pakistan-China all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, including…pic.twitter.com/e.

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Pk)October 25, 2026FM Dar “underscored the importance of sustained high-level exchanges” to further advance the “Pakistan-China Community of Shared Future in the New Era”,.

The meeting also provided an opportunity for the two sides to “exchange views on regional developments”, the ministry said, adding that they had reaffirmed “the importance of dialogue and diplomacy for sustainable peace and stability in the region”.

Read:Pakistan, China agree to align development plans, launch CPEC 2.0Pakistan and China marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations this year, with both sides seeking to expand cooperation beyond traditional infrastructure projects. The next phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, known asCPEC 2.0, is expected to focus on industrialisation, agriculture, mining, information technology and artificial intelligence.

At the seventh round of the Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue in Beijing in January, the two countries agreed to align their development priorities and deepen cooperation in trade, investment, science and technology, cybersecurity and people-to-people exchanges.