Overview

• Wang Yi and Ishaq Dar co-chaired the sixth foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue, agreeing to launch new corridor projects with specifics yet to be announced.
• China urged an accelerated "2.0" push focused on agriculture, industry and mining, pledging continued support to bolster Pakistan’s economic resilience.
• Pakistan publicly committed to stronger safeguards for Chinese nationals and assets after repeated attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
• Wang met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and Army Chief Asim Munir to discuss counter-terrorism and regional security.
• At a Kabul trilateral, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan discussed extending the corridor and Chinese interest in Afghan minerals, a step India views warily given CPEC’s route through territory it claims.