BEIJING, :Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq
Kakar on Wednesday joined world leaders in China as the Third Belt and
Road Forum (BRF) for International Cooperation kicked off here in
Beijing.
Chinese President Xi opened the Forum with representatives from about
140 nations in attendance.
Besides PM Kakar, the dignitaries at the forum included Russian
President Vladimir Putin, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Sri
Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Republic of Congo President Denis
Sassou Nguesso, Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape, Cambodian
Prime Minister Hun Manet, Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez,
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, and Indonesian President Joko
Widodo.
In his opening speech, President Xi highlighted the concept of working
with all participants to draw a new blueprint for high-quality Belt and
Road cooperation.
He said China looks forward to strengthening ties, engaging in
dialogues, forging new partnerships, and promoting regional connectivity
for a brighter future.
“The BRF is about planning together, building together and benefiting
together,” he said, adding that the project had established a new
framework for international cooperation.
He termed BRF a “humanity’s joint pursuit of development for all”, which
he said extended from Eurasia to Africa and Latin America. He said the
project had ensured a flow of goods, capital, technology and human
resources.
Xi said BRF would inject new impetus to the global economy and mentioned
that 20 multilateral cooperation platforms had been established under
the BRF besides a large number of other significant projects.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said China had proved its mettle during
the last 10 years in the implementation of its project of global
connectivity. He said Russia supported President Xi’s vision that aimed
at ensuring regional connectivity and benefiting nations across the
globe.
After the BRF event, PM Kakar will participate in the high-level forum
on ‘Connectivity in an Open Global Economy’ and also address the
occasion.
In the afternoon, he will meet his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang and
witness the signing of several memorandums of understanding.
The other official engagements of the prime minister include meeting
with Secretary of the Communist Party’s Central Commission for
Discipline, Li Xi. He will also interact with the heads of Chinese
business companies.
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