Islamabad:
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Tianjin, China on Saturday, to attend a number of high-level events, including the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State Summit and memorials marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Chinese people’s resistance war.
At Tianjin Airport, he was received by Sun Meijun, minister and secretary of the CPC Committee for the General Administration of Customs, Yu Yunlin, chairman of the Standing Committee of Tianjin Municipal People’s Congress and party secretary, China’s ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong and Pakistan’s Ambassador in China Khalil Hashmi.
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Shehbaz is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Minister of Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Minister of Information and the deployment of Attaullah Tarar as well as senior government officials.
“At the invitation of Mr Xi Jinping, the President of the People’s Republic of China, Visit Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif China from 30 August-4th September 2025 to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Organization Council for the Prime Meeting Meeting in Tianjin,”
In China, Prime Minister Shehbaz held meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang, where many multifaceted dimensions of Pakistan-China bilateral cooperation would be discussed, the foreign office said.
He would also participate in the military parade, where President XI and other world leaders were held in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Anti-Fascist War of the World.
The prime minister would interact with reputed Chinese business people and business leaders to discuss bilateral trade, financial and investment ties. He would also turn to a Pakistan-China B2B investment conference in Beijing.
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The visit is part of the exchange level exchange between Pakistan and China. It manifests the significance associated with the two countries to further elaborate on their “all weather strategic cooperative partnership,” confirms support for respective core interests, Advance Phase-II for CPEC and maintain regular communication on important regional and global developments, read the Foreign Office’s statement.
This is the first visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz since the Pakistan India War in May after the Pahagam attack. Pakistan came out victorious as it shot down at least 6 Indian fighter jets, including the highly advanced Frenchmen made Rafale. It was the first time the Chinese military hardware was tested on a real battlefield against Western technology.
