{"id":34336,"date":"2026-01-03T09:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=34336"},"modified":"2026-01-03T09:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T09:04:27","slug":"dar-heads-to-china-for-seventh-foreign-ministers-strategic-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=34336","title":{"rendered":"Dar heads to China for seventh foreign ministers\u2019 strategic dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar departed for Beijing to co-chair, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the seventh Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers\u2019 Strategic Dialogue. The event is to be held on January 4.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stated that Dar is the first foreign dignitary to visit China in 2026, at Yi\u2019s invitation.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has departed for Beijing to co-chair, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the 7th Pakistan\u2013China Foreign Ministers\u2019 Strategic Dialogue on 4 January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The DPM\/FM is the first foreign dignitary to visit China in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/kpqYha6tol<br \/>\n\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) January 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The post goes on to read that \u201cthe dialogue will review the full spectrum of bilateral cooperation, identify new areas of partnership, and further advance the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership between Pakistan and China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Office, in a curtain-raiser published on 31 December, 2025, described the strategic dialogue as \u201cthe highest consultative mechanism between Pakistan and China\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, Dar\u2019s visit \u201cforms an important part of the regular high-level exchanges between the two countries\u201d. The curtain raiser also clarified that the visit is meant to reaffirm Pakistan and China\u2019s \u201cmutual commitment to regional peace, stability, and sustainable development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0aPR No.3\ufe0f\u20e38\ufe0f\u20e37\ufe0f\u20e3\/2\ufe0f\u20e30\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e35\ufe0f\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>Curtain Raiser:Visit of the Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister to China https:\/\/t.co\/vrpQHDinWQ pic.twitter.com\/j0y6C8fj1l<br \/>\n\u2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs &#8211; Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) December 31, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The two nations, or the &#8220;iron brothers&#8221;, established diplomatic relations in 1951, making Pakistan one of the first countries to recognise the People&#8217;s Republic of China. The neighbours now prepare to mark 75 years of relations amid shifting dynamics on the regional and global stages.<\/p>\n<p>Ties between the two have evolved over the years into a comprehensive strategic partnership underpinned by political trust, defence cooperation, and economic engagement.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar departed for Beijing to co-chair, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the seventh Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers\u2019 Strategic Dialogue. The event is to be held on January 4. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), stated that Dar is the first [&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-34336","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\/34336","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=34336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}