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Chinese FM Wang Yi to co-chair strategic talks with Dar in Islamabad

By Mariana Baabar
August 20, 2025

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) greets Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Beijing on May 20, 2025. — Xinhua
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) greets Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in Beijing on May 20, 2025. — Xinhua

ISLAMABAD: On the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi is visiting Islamabad for co-chairing the 6th Pakistan-China Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue on August 21, 2025.

Though news of the arrival of Wang Yi was circulating for the past few weeks, the Pakistan Foreign Office came up with an official announcement on Tuesday. “The visit is part of the regular high-level exchanges between Pakistan and China to further deepen their All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership, reaffirm support on the issues of respective core interests, enhance economic and trade cooperation, and reaffirm their joint commitment to regional peace, development and stability,” said the Foreign Office.

Meanwhile, before Wang Yi’s arrival, Pakistan and China held the 10th round of bilateral consultations on arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament in Beijing on August 18, 2025.

Pakistan-China Strategic Dialogue scheduled for August 21.

Also, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar spent a busy Tuesday in London, engaging with political leaders, the Pakistani diaspora, and the Commonwealth leadership.