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Chinese FM Wang Yi arrives in Islamabad for three-day official visit
China and Pakistan agreed to enhance cooperation in trade, security, and infrastructure, pledging to upgrade the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to a high-quality development phase.
- On August 21, 2025, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi began a three-day official visit to Islamabad, co-chairing the sixth Pakistan-China Strategic Dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar.
- The visit aims to deepen the All‑Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership and expand cooperation, preceding Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Beijing trip later this month for the SCO summit.
- Wang and Dar emphasised upgrading CPEC into a 'high‑quality' CPEC 2.0, with China pledging immediate emergency aid and noting bilateral trade surpassed $23 billion in 2024 within the more than $62-billion CPEC project.
- Ministers agreed to strengthen cooperation in industrial, agricultural and mining sectors and pledged deeper counter‑terrorism cooperation with joint action against terrorism and drug trafficking.
- The dialogue endorsed extending CPEC into Afghanistan to boost trade and welcomed third‑party participation in Pakistan's ML‑1 Railway Project, while analysts say China's South Asian diplomatic tour shapes regional security and economic architecture.
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