Pak-China talks on renewable energy next week

19 Oct, 2007

A delegation of Ministry of Science and Technology is due here next week to hold negotiations with Chinese officials in the field of renewable energy.
A Senior Official in the Pakistan Mission told the APP that the five-member delegation led by Secretary Science and Technology Pervez Butt would hold negotiations with Chinese officials to finalise co-operation for establishment of Solar Wafer production line in Pakistan.
Pervez Butt during his visit to Beijing in April last, had held negotiations with Professor Ren Bengyan of the JingLong Group and expressed the desire to establishing the Wafer production line in Pakistan.
Professor Ren had also visited Pakistan in May last. It is also expected that the delegation would sign two agreements including one for co-operation in setting up Solar Wafer fabrication line in Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) with JingLong Group of Hebei.
The second agreement to be signed relates to Pak-China joint expedition for Antarctica. Three members of the delegation are scheduled to arrive here on October 22, while Secretary Pervez Butt and Mohammad Javed Iqbal would join on October 26.

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