Poverty alleviation, corruption: Pakistan to learn from Chinese expertise: Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that all-weather friendship between Pakistan and China holds particular significance for Pakistanis and the country would like to learn from Chinese experience in poverty alleviation, fighting corruption and agriculture development through sharing expertise, technology and best practices in the sector.
The prime minister said this during his meeting with Minister of International Development of the Communist Party of China, Song Tao who called on the Premier here on Monday, says a press release issued here.
The prime minister said, "All-weather friendship" between Pakistan and China holds particular significance for Pakistanis, adding President Xi Jingping's terming of this friendship as that of "iron brothers" reflects an undeniable reality. He further said that President Xi is a great statesman for whom there is much admiration by the people of Pakistan.
The China International Import Expo would provide an opportunity to the two sides to look into export possibilities from Pakistan to China, added the Prime Minister.
The Chinese minister assured Prime Minister Imran Khan of China's support to address poverty alleviation, fighting corruption and agricultural development of Pakistan.
Appreciating the growing relations between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Communist Party of China (CPC), Khan emphasized on further enhancing these ties through exchange of delegations and sharing of ideas. On his upcoming visit to China, the prime minister stated that he looks forward to his meetings with the Chinese leadership. This would provide an opportunity to underscore the importance of the "all weather strategic cooperative partnership" between the two countries.
Song Tao underscored the importance attached by the leadership and people of China to Pakistan-China relations. He assured China's support to Pakistan at all regional international fora. He added that exchanges between political parties would help in sharing ideas to achieve common and shared development. He termed that the CPEC as a flagship project of Belt and Road Initiative, which would make significant contributions towards building a New Pakistan.-PR