This is in line with China`s free trade agreements with New Zealand, Peru, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Iceland, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Georgia, Chile and Pakistan, as well as the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement. On the Pakistani side, other high-level talks that have taken place recently include the meeting between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in August 2019 and on the sidelines of the SOZ Foreign Ministers` Council in May 2019. when he was in Beijing in April 2019 for the 2nd Belt and Road Forum. The Minister of Foreign Affairs also participated in the dialogue between political parties between the PTI and the CPC and in the political parties` forum on CPEC. He also met with Vice President Wang Qishan and IDCPC Minister Mr. Song Tao. The Foreign Minister had already had Beijing on December 25, 2018 visited. China-Pakistan relations began in 1950, when Pakistan was one of the first countries to end official diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (or Taiwan) and recognize the government of the People`s Republic of China (PRC) in mainland China. Since then, the two countries have made a significant contribution to maintaining an extremely close and supportive special relationship[1][2][3] and the two countries have regularly exchanged high-level visits that have resulted in a large number of agreements.
The PRC has provided economic, military and technical assistance to Pakistan and each country views the other as a close strategic partner. [4] [5] In September 2019, the State Council and Chinese Foreign Minister M. Wang Yi traveled to Pakistan to participate in the third China-Afghanistan Foreign Ministers` Dialogue in Islamabad. Vice President cmC-General Xu Qiliang recently visited Pakistan. The two sides reached a number of important agreements and long-term consensus, reaffirmed their firm commitment to bilateral relations, and the heads of state and government developed good relations for future cooperation. During the visit, two pages fifteen (15) had signed agreements/soft on a number of bilateral issues, including the transfer of convicted persons, the fight against poverty, agriculture, socio-economic development and cooperation in the fight against illicit drug trafficking. . . .