Islamabad, Jan. 5 -- Restarting the stalled multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the two countries have pledged to ensure closer security cooperation to ensure the "secure and smooth" advancement of the Belt and Road initiative, according to a joint statement issued after high-level talks in Beijing.
The commitment betwen Islamabad and Beijing was made during Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's official visit to China from January 3 to January 5, undertaken at the invitation of Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee.
On January 4, the two leaders co-chaired the seventh round of the Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue.
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