Regardless of how Western media may attempt to discredit it, the CPEC will continue to bring more economic cooperation and new development opportunities for Pakistan.
Pakistan is looking forward to taking the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) into the next phase with greater vigor and hopes to see fruits of the CPEC benefit not only China and Pakistan, but the whole region, said Minister of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives for Pakistan Ahsan Iqbal.
Some Indian and Western media outlets are trying to use economic challenges in Pakistan to slander the CPEC program. Such attempts cannot and will not succeed in slowing or disrupting China-Pakistan ties.
Gwadar, the engine room of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), is set to be the recipient of a $4.5 billion oil refinery as a Chinese firm lays down plan to build oil refinery with annual oil processing capacity of 8 million tons, according to the press release of the firm, the East Sea Group.
China and Pakistan have agreed to promote cooperation schemes involving third parties in line with existing consensus over the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), according to a statement the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released after a recent virtual meeting of the CPEC Joint Working Group on International Cooperation and Coordination.