During a meeting with Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing who called on him here,he said that the CPEC laid special emphasis on improving agriculture, human resource development and standard of education in Pakistan and would help change socio-economic conditions of the country.

He said that Yarik-Zhob Highway and Gilgit-Chitral Highway were priority projects of CPEC so that the people of Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan could also benefit from the mega project.

The minister said that Pakistan attached great importance to its time-tested relations with Beijing.

He said during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to china was a landmark agreements were inked.

Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing said China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was the landmark project of economic cooperation between the two countries and it would bring development and prosperity for the people of Pakistan.

He appreciated the role of Ministry of Communications in implementation of CPEC projects, as construction of its schemes was ahead of schedule. He said that China would take steps for facilitation of trade on China-Pakistan border.

The ambassador and Murad Saeed agreed that Pakistan Ministry of Communications and China’s Ministry for Transport will expand mutual cooperation and bilateral visits would be increased.

They also discussed issued related to upcoming Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting of CPEC between the two sides.

Secretary Communications Shoaib Siddiqui and Chairman NHA Jawwad Rafique were also present during the meeting.