CPEC to be beneficial for all CA states: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday said China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be beneficial for all the Central Asian States including Kazakhstan.

He was talking to first deputy defence minister chief of general staff of the armed forces of Khazakhstan Col General Zhasuzakov Saken Adikhanovich who called on him at the Prime Minister House. The prime minister said Pakistan valued close and cordial relations with Kazakhstan. Both the countries had immense mutual goodwill and understanding to bring them closer, he added.

Col Zhasuzakov Saken Adikhanovich thanked the prime minister and expressed the confidence that mutual relations between the two countries would be further strengthened. The delegation included Rear Admiral Zhandarbek Zhanzakov, Commander in Chief of Naval Forces Lieutenant General Oleg Bizhanov, Head of Military Intelligence Lieutenant Colonel Olzhas Khussainov, Deputy Head of International Cooperation Department and Ambassador of Kazakhstan. Minister for Defence Kh Asif Secretary Defence Alam Khattak and other senior government officials were also present at the meeting.