BEIJING: Agriculture is an important area of practical cooperation between China and Pakistan, said a spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian at a news briefing.
“The leaders of the two countries have agreed to make agriculture one of the priority areas for the next-stage high-quality development of CPEC.
The two governments established a joint working group on agricultural cooperation in 2018, and set up a new working group for agriculture under the framework of the CPEC Joint Cooperation Committee in March 2020, which has produced positive results. China and Pakistan enjoy strong complementarity in the agricultural sector with great potential and broad prospects. China is committed to strengthening agricultural cooperation with Pakistan to boost the economic and social development of the two countries and deliver the fruits of development to the two peoples. We hope and believe that the launching of the information platform on agriculture and industrial development this week will further promote bilateral exchanges and generate more cooperation outcomes. We noted this developent and want to express our congratulations on it. I was posted to Pakistan for two times, and now back China and I am still closely following the development of CPEC.” Meanwhile, China will continue to take an active part in international cooperation on fighting COVID-19, said a spokesperson of Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian at a news briefing. The spokesman added,” the world is undergoing changes unseen in a century. The COVID-19 pandemic is still ravaging across the globe. The world economy is mired in deep recession. Global challenges keep popping up. All these place mankind at a crossroads. Against this backdrop, President Xi Jinping mentioned “multilateralism” many times in his speech because he has clearly grasped the pulse of the times and sought to resolve the challenges of the times with China’s propositions. President Xi made insightful observations on the four major tasks facing people of our times, including to promote world economic growth, abandon ideological prejudice, close the North-South divide and come together against global challenges. – Agencies
