Chinese Vice President arrives in Pak; holds talks with top leadership

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan, who arrived here on a three-day official visit, met Pakistan President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday and signed several agreements and agreed to speed up the projects under the USD 60 billion CPEC to further cement the bilateral all-weather ties.

President Alvi also conferred its highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Wang, 70, a member of the ruling Communist Party of China's (CPC) powerful Politburo Standing Committee.

The senior Chinese leader was received at the airport by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and other top officials.

During delegation level-talks between Prime Minister Khan and Vice President Wang, a number of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for cooperation in different sectors were also signed between the two countries, the government said.

"These MoUs include cooperation in economic and technical affairs, Disaster Management and assistance in agriculture sector of Lasbella University," it ...