ISLAMABAD: Upon his arrival in Islamabad for a four-day bilateral visit to meet with Pakistan’s civil and military leadership and to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of the Heads of Government meeting, Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang was accorded a red carpet welcome.
A high-level team, including ministers and senior officials from the ministries of trade and foreign affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the China International Development Cooperation Agency, accompanied the Chinese prime minister.
After eleven years, this was the first visit to Pakistan by a Chinese premier.
Premier Li was greeted warmly by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, senior government officials, and members of the federal cabinet, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, upon his arrival at the airport.
Two kids, dressed in traditional Pakistani attire, gave the dignitary roses as a 21-gun salute in the background announced his presence. The dignitary was saluted by the Pakistani military’s static guards.
The Chinese Premier’s motorcade route, along with other prominent crossroads in the federal capital, were adorned with banners bearing phrases that portrayed the well-established bilateral ties between China and Pakistan.
The Chinese leader will later meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the PM House, where he will be formally welcomed and given a guard of honor. To address all facets of Pakistan-China relations, including commercial and economic relationships as well as cooperation under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the two prime ministers will meet at the level of a delegation.
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) would be signed by both parties to enhance bilateral collaboration on CPEC-II and other major projects. The Gwadar International Airport will also be essentially opened by the Chinese leader.
Premier Li will not only attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Council of the Heads of Government Meeting in Islamabad on October 15–16, but he will also pay a visit to President Asif Ali Zardari and meet with Pakistan’s top military officials and parliamentary leaders.
Later, on his X timeline, Prime Minister Shehbaz expressed his anticipation for Premier Li’s “historic and beneficial” visit, which will further solidify and expand their partnership. We will assess the status of ongoing projects, including CPEC, and look into potential new areas of mutually beneficial collaboration. The All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership between China and Pakistan is essential to the peace and prosperity of the region, the speaker said.
SCO Gathering
The Council of the Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is scheduled to convene in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister, will chair the meeting.
The prime ministers of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as the first vice president of Iran and the Indian minister of external affairs, will represent the SCO member nations.
Attending the meeting as special guests will be the foreign minister of Turkmenistan, the deputy chairman of the cabinet of ministers, and the prime minister of Mongolia, an observer state.
The SCO Council of Heads of Government will examine the organization’s performance and talk about current cooperation in the areas of commerce, economy, environment, and sociocultural ties.
On the fringes of the gathering, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will also have significant bilateral discussions with visiting heads of delegation.
Infallible security protocols
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) 2024 summit, which is being hosted in the federal capital and is expected to draw dignitaries, media representatives, and businesspeople from the partner nations, has a thorough security strategy designed by the Islamabad Police.
For the SCO Summit in 2024, the police have released a thorough and well-thought-out security strategy to guarantee flawless protection.
Security measures have been concluded at all venues, airports, roads, funnel areas, hotels, and delegation residences, including Noor Khan Air Base, according to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi. In the interim, Islamabad is seeing continued intelligence-driven activities as well as search operations.
He went on to say that all foreign leaders, delegations, and guests will have unwavering security. To provide unwavering security, authorities from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, District Administration, Pakistan Army, Rangers, FC, provincial police, intelligence services, traffic police, and the Special Branch are working alongside the police. To protect the SCO Summit in 2024, more than 9,000 Islamabad Police officers and officials are on duty.
According to the IGP, a complete and integrated traffic strategy has been released to reduce public discomfort.
The inhabitants of Islamabad are being asked to cooperate with the Islamabad Police to guarantee the SCO Summit 2024 is completely secure.
He further guaranteed that Islamabad Police would do everything in its power to maintain the honor and dignity of all delegations and would use all resources at its disposal to ensure flawless security.
He also gave his word that Islamabad Police would do everything in its power to ensure that all delegations had impenetrable protection and that it will do everything in its power to preserve the honor and dignity of the
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