Expectations pinned with the 3rd belt and road forum

The Prime Minister Anwaar Ul Haq Kakar will be visiting china to participate in the 3rd belt and road forum being held in Beijing from 17th to 18th. Drawing representatives from over 130 countries and 30 international organizations, the BRF is expected to highlight remarkable achievements that have been made in joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – a grand vision for global connectivity that has turned into reality – over the past decade, and offer a crucial platform for countries and organizations to discuss high-quality BRI cooperation in a wide range of areas from infrastructure to green development

 Prime Minister Kakar’s visit to china will further strengthen the bilateral relations as MOUs and agreements in various areas of cooperation are expected to be signed between the two brotherly countries. The prime minister will address the high level forum on connectivity in open global economy and hold bilateral meetings with the Chinese leadership including president xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang. Chinese nationals consider Pakistanis as an iron brothers and this expression is only reserve for Pakistanis. The Belt and Road Forum is a very important opportunity for all member states to create a roadmap for the future in view of the past achievements.

High-level meetings at the BRF will focus on many areas of cooperation, including connectivity, green development and the digital economy. Trade, people-to-people exchanges, anti-corruption, local cooperation and ocean cooperation will also be main themes at the BRF. This forum provides a platform for international cooperation for solidarity, development, economic and social welfare and poverty eradication. Over fifty projects worth twenty five billion dollars have been completed under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) during the last ten years while during this phase, Pakistan and China will sign 18 memorandums of understandings and agreements in diverse fields during prime minister’s upcoming visit to China.

Major feature of the BRI is inclusiveness, which means it is also open for all countries and regions to participate, experts noted. The BRI is open and inclusive and it welcomes cooperation with similar arrangements from around the world. This is a global initiative, whatever they propose, including the US and the EU, we should cooperate with them.