ISLAMABAD(National times)- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday departed on an official six-day visit to China where he will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State Summit being held in Tianjin. The premier is paying the visit to the neighbouring country from August 30-September 4 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. In China, the prime minister would hold meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang during which multifaceted dimensions of Pakistan-China bilateral cooperation would be discussed.He would also attend the military parade with President Xi and other world leaders being held in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the World’s Anti-Fascist War.

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The prime minister would interact with reputed Chinese businessmen and corporate executives to discuss bilateral trade, economic and investment ties. He would also address a Pakistan-China B2B Investment Conference in Beijing. The visit is a part of leadership-level exchanges between Pakistan and China. It manifests the importance attached by the two countries to further deepen their “All Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership”, reaffirm support on issues of respective core interests, advance Phase-II of CPEC and maintain regular communication on important regional and global developments.