Deputy Prime Minister and Overseas Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Beijing on Saturday to co-chair the seventh spherical of the Pakistan-China Overseas Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue, which is scheduled for January 4 (Sunday), the Overseas Workplace (FO) introduced in a publish on X.
In an earlier assertion, the FO stated the international minister would be the “first international dignitary to go to China in 2026”, on the invitation of Chinese language Overseas Minister Wang Yi, with whom he’s co-chairing the dialogue.
Within the X publish, the FO stated that Dar was obtained on the airport by China’s Particular Consultant on Afghanistan, Ambassador Yue Xiaoyong, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China and officers from the Pakistani Embassy.
“DPM/FM will even attend occasions marking the start of the seventy fifth yr of Pakistan-China diplomatic ties, with each nations planning initiatives and commemorative actions all through 2026,” the publish added.
The FO has stated that the dialogue “will assessment the total spectrum of bilateral cooperation, establish new areas of partnership, and additional advance the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between Pakistan and China”.
Earlier this week, the FO had stated the dialogue was the “highest consultative mechanism between Pakistan and China, offering a structured platform to assessment the complete spectrum of bilateral cooperation, in addition to regional and worldwide developments of mutual curiosity”.
It stated that throughout the dialogue, the 2 international ministers will even announce a collection of initiatives and commemorative actions to mark the seventy fifth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between the 2 nations.
It had added that the go to shaped an essential a part of the common high-level exchanges between the 2 nations and mirrored their shared willpower to broaden and deepen their cooperative partnership, whereas reaffirming their mutual dedication to regional peace, stability, and sustainable improvement.
The sixth spherical of the strategic dialogue was held in Islamabad in August, with Yi visiting the capital and assembly Dar, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari.
On the time, China had Affirmed its dedication to working with Pakistan on selling regional peace, improvement and stability.
