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Pakistan, China ink 60 accords in two years: China Daily |
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ISLAMABAD, July 8 (APP): Holding the hands of his two daughters, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari led them to his Chinese counterpart, President Hu Jintao, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.“They want very much to see you in person,” he told his host, hoping the meeting would inspire the younger Pakistani generation to continue its “all-weather and time-tested” friendship with its Asian neighbour.Such a rarely-seen introduction
kicked off a 100-minute meeting and witnessed the signing of six deals
in the fields of law, housing, agriculture and media cooperation,
widely published Chinese newspaper, “China Daily” reported while
commenting on Zardari-Hu meeting.
This is Zardari’s fifth visit to
China since taking office in 2008. In that time the two countries have
reached more than 60 agreements as Beijing and Islamabad open more
avenues for Chinese investment in Pakistan.
Earlier the same day, Zardari made
it clear that his country was looking to China to help shore up
Pakistan’s economy and expand an energy sector that has struggled to
keep up with its growing population.
Zardari told Chinese business
heads in Beijing that “Pakistan was facing an acute power shortage and
intended to add tens of thousands of megawatts of power to its national
grid in the next 25 years through combined hydro, coal, gas, nuclear
and renewable energy sources”.
An executive of China’s Three
Gorges Corporation, which runs the huge hydro power dam in central
China, announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to invest more than US
$ 100 billion in two hydro-power projects in Pakistan.
During the meeting with Hu,
Zardari reiterated that trade relations with China fell well short of
their potential, having previously said that strengthening and
enhancing cooperation with China in all sectors is one of the key
principles guiding Pakistan’s foreign policy.
Though no agreement on nuclear
cooperation was inked on Wednesday, it is widely believed that the
talks between the two presidents would firm up Beijing’s commitment to
expand the Chashma nuclear power complex despite concerns from
Washington and New Delhi.
According to the China National
Nuclear Corp., the governments of China and Pakistan in February signed
an agreement to finance construction of two new reactors.
Pakistani ambassador to Beijing
Masood Khan said the two countries have had several civil nuclear
energy projects in the past and such cooperation will continue.
Beijing has said its current and
future nuclear commerce would be in compliance with its commitments to
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Ye Hailin, a researcher with the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the decades-long Chashma
project is legal and has nothing to do with other countries.
He said China has always been
supervised by the International Atomic Energy Agency and future nuclear
cooperation with Pakistan will depend on demand.
“Our cooperation is not a show, not a demonstration. It is decided by our need,” he said.
Zardari will attend a
Sino-Pakistani business forum on Friday and then leave for Shanghai to
visit the Pakistani National Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo.
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Chinese Prime Minister Visit to Pakistan |
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Presidential address to the joint sitting of parliament |
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