{"id":17123,"date":"2025-08-20T18:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17123"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:04:14","slug":"chinese-fm-arrives-in-islamabad-on-three-day-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=17123","title":{"rendered":"Chinese FM arrives in Islamabad on three-day visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for a three-day official visit at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office.<\/p>\n<p>Dar received Yi at Nur Khan Airbase, where senior officials from the foreign ministry and the Chinese Embassy were also present. A group of children in traditional attire welcomed the guest of honour with flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minster\/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50, received member of the CPC Politburo and Minister for Foreign Affairs of China, H.E. Wang Yi today in Islamabad. Mr. Wang Yi is visiting Pakistan to co-chair with DPM\/FM the 6th round of Foreign\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/YcmE1JMCwo<br \/>\n\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) August 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the Sixth Pakistan\u2013China Foreign Ministers\u2019 Strategic Dialogue will be held in Islamabad. The talks will be co-chaired by Yi and Dar and are expected to focus on political, economic and security cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Yi\u2019s arrival comes ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\u2019s planned trip to Beijing later this month for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, where he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<p>Currently on a South Asian tour, Yi attended the Sixth Trilateral Foreign Ministers\u2019 Dialogue in Kabul alongside DPM Dar and Afghanistan\u2019s Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi earlier.<\/p>\n<p>During the dialogue, Pakistan, China and Afghanistan reaffirmed their commitment to deepen regional cooperation, agreeing to extend the China\u2013Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixth Trilateral Foreign Ministers Dialogue was held on 20 August 2025 in Kabul between Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister of Pakistan @MIshaqDar50, Foreign Minister of China @MFA_China, and Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan @mfa_afghanistan, focusing on political,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/i6n8I2oYgr<br \/>\n\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) August 20, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The three sides said the extension of CPEC would boost trade, transit and development opportunities for Afghanistan, linking it more closely with regional markets.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, the ministers also pledged to strengthen cooperation in combating terrorism and drug trafficking. They underscored the importance of coordinated security efforts to stabilise the region.<\/p>\n<p>The dialogue further reaffirmed collaboration in health, education, culture and regional connectivity. \u201cWe remain committed to promoting peace, development and prosperity in the region,\u201d a statement said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for a three-day official visit at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office. Dar received Yi at Nur Khan Airbase, where senior officials from the foreign ministry and the Chinese Embassy were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}