Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar landed in Beijing on Monday to co-chair the Fifth Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue with Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, covering the full spectrum of bilateral relations.

On his arrival, the deputy prime minister was received by the director general and Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi.

In the Strategic Dialogue, the two sides will comprehensively review bilateral relations including economic and trade cooperation; high-level exchanges and visits; up-gradation of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, future connectivity initiatives and the geopolitical situation.

Dar, who is also the deputy prime minister, would also meet with Chinese leaders, senior officials, and prominent business enterprises.

During the fourth round of strategic dialogue co-chaired by the-then foreign ministers, they welcomed the completion of a decade of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in 2023 and hailed CPEC as a “shining example” of Belt and Road cooperation that has accelerated socio-economic development, job creation, and improved people’s livelihoods in Pakistan.

Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to the high-quality development of the corridor project and expressed satisfaction with the steady progress of CPEC projects.