Senior Chinese official arrives in Pakistan for three-day visit
By The South Asia Times
ISLAMABAD - Liu Haixing, minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, arrived in Islamabad on Monday for a three-day official visit to Pakistan, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said.
Liu is visiting Pakistan at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.
He was received at the airport by Senator Anusha Rahman Khan and Mohammad Faisal, additional secretary for Asia-Pacific affairs at the Foreign Ministry.
During his visit, Liu is scheduled to meet Pakistan's leadership and co-chair a high-level event with Dar in Islamabad on November 2.
The visit is part of ongoing high-level exchanges between the two countries and reflects their longstanding friendship and all-weather strategic cooperative partnership, the ministry said.
