Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday said that Egypt wishes to participate in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). He was talking to media after meeting with Egypt's Ambassador to Pakistan, Sherif Shaheen in Islamabad.
Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said Egypt's participation in CPEC will assign substantive meanings to the 'transcontinental game-changer' project by connecting Sino-Pak Economic Corridor to Africa, Europe and Middle East.
He said that this is akin to Allama Iqbal's dream to integration 'from the shores of Nile to the Soil of Kashghar' in a different context.
Welcoming Egypt's proposal to join CPEC, the speaker said that Egypt's participation in CPEC will open a new channel of unhindered flow of trade between Africa and China through a secure and cheaper trade route via Pakistan.
The speaker highlighted that Pakistan is committed to fostering regional integration by linking regional countries into 'One Belt' of trade, prosperity and connectivity.
He underlined the need for inclusion of other Middle Eastern countries to optimally realise the benefits of 'Corridor of prosperity'.
Earlier, both of them discussed bilateral relations between Pakistan and Egypt and importance of CPEC for the development and prosperity in the region.
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