Ambassador of Pakistan to China Visits Gansu Province to attend the SCO Ambassadors retreat and 23rd Lanzhou Trade Fair

July 07,2017

Mr. Masood Khalid, Ambassador of Pakistan attended the Ambassadors retreat of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Gansu Province on 4-7 July 2017. The SCO Ambassadors led by Secretary General Rashid Alimov also attended the 23^rd Lanzhou Trade Fair and the Silk Road Cooperation and Development Summit. The SCO Ambassadors also called on the Party Secretary and Governor of the Province.
 
Speaking at the Lanzhou Trade Fair, Ambassador Masood Khalid said that Pakistan believes in cooperative and collective approaches to peace, stability and development. Pakistan became full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organization at the 17^th Meeting of the Heads of State Council of SCO in Astana, Kazakhstan to pursue these goals through regional cooperation.
 
Pakistan supports President Xi Jinping’s vision of Belt and Road which is a model of inter-regional and intra-regional integration and connectivity based on the concept of mutual prosperity, respect and win-win cooperation entailing massive economic dividends.
 
Ambassador said that Pakistan and China are all weather strategic cooperative partners. Pakistan is fully committed to successful implementation of CPEC, which is the flagship project of One Belt and One Road initiative. Pakistan will continue to work with China for greater prosperity of our region and to meet our common challenges through enhanced connectivity.
 
The Ambassador said that Gansu and Punjab enjoy sister-province relationship and both should build a cooperative partnership based on complementaries in various areas such as agriculture, IT, renewable energy and mineral resources.