China says CPEC covers all of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Pakistan in his statement stressed that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is the framework and platform for comprehensive and substantive cooperation between China and Pakistan.

He said it is China’s consistent position that the CPEC is facing Pakistan as a whole and will bring benefits to the Pakistani people. “China and Pakistan agreed to construct CPEC with scientific planning in a step-by-step way,” he added.

The spokesperson said the two sides also agreed that the roads covering the western parts of Pakistan are included in the CPEC. They reached a consensus on the principle of “one corridor with multiple passages” for the CPEC transport planning, aimed at directly benefiting the socio-economic development of Pakistan, especially the western and north-western regions.