Beijing: Pakistan and China are "iron brothers" and their friendship is the
bedrock of strategic stability in "our region", Prime Minister Shahid
Khaqan Abbasi said today.
Addressing the BOAO Forum for Asia
being held in the southern Chinese city of Boao, he praised the USD 50
billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the flagship project
of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which he said is fast reaching
fruition.