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Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Railways project Islamabad: Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan Railways project, a rail link connecting the Uzbek rail network with Pakistan Railways, was launched in February 2021. Three countries agreed to build a railway line across Afghanistan to connect Central Asia with Pakistani ports; Karachi and Gwadar Port, at an estimated cost of $4.8bn. In July 2023, the three countries signed a protocol during their meeting in Pakistan that delineated the route of the project running from Termiz, Uzbe­kistan, Afgh­anistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif and Logar provinces, and culminating in Pakistan via the Kharlachi border crossing in the Kurram district, of…

Uzbekistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan Railways to Boost to Connectivity between South and Central Asia: Pakistan FM Islamabad: The Foreign Ministers of Pakistan and Uzbekistan have reaffirmed their commitment to early implementation of the Uzbekistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan Railways project, which is expected to give boost to bilateral and regional trade and become a connectivity bridge between South and Central Asia. This was stated after Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov held comprehensive talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar on Wednesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Minister Saidov is visiting Pakistan…

Qatar ‘s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Arrives in Pakistan to Foster Bilateral Cooperation Islamabad: The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi arrived in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on Thursday, to foster bilateral exchanges and enhance cooperation in diverse sectors. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar warmly received the Minister of State at the Foreign Office of Pakistan. According to official sources, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi is visiting as a special envoy of the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the State of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed…

Islamabad:  The news exchange agreement between China’s news agency “Xinhua” and Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) will be signed during the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister to China starting from May14, 2024. The information was released during a meeting held between Information Minister Attaullah Tarar and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong in Islamabad. Attaullah Tarar further added by saying “the eyes of the whole world are focused on the upcoming visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to China during which ongoing projects under CPEC will be reviewed while new projects and investment will also be discussed with Chinese…

China, Serbia Vow to Advance the Process of Mutual Modernization President Xi Jinping is visiting Serbia to promote the Sino-Serbian friendship in new era. Belgrade, Serbia:  China and Serbia have agreed to advance the process of mutual modernization as President Xi Jinping of China and President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia held their talks which focused on deepening and elevating the comprehensive strategic partnership of the two countries, and building a community with a shared Sino-Serbian destiny in modern era. Prior to their conversation, President Vucic offered a royal welcome ceremony for Xi. Accompanied by President Vucic, President Xi went to…

Tehran is setting up the monetary framework for the Visa and Mastercard elective, an exchange emissary has said Iran could begin tolerating Russian Mir charge and Mastercards inside the following couple of months, the exchange attaché from Tehran’s consulate in Moscow told the Izvestia paper on Monday. As indicated by Mohsen Rahimi, work on setting up the important specialized framework is now underway, in spite of the fact that executing the framework will take time. The move comes as Russia and Iran keep on building more grounded financial ties, Rahimi pushed. Moscow and Tehran have fortified relations even with Western…

May 2024 is set to be a significant month for Chinese tact. This month, President Xi Jinping is visiting three European countries. These undeniable level communications are probably going to draw in basic remarks from a few Western nations. President Xi’s European visit, which started in France, denotes his first state visit to Europe in quite a while, following the disturbances brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic. His agenda additionally remembers stops for Belgrade and Budapest. The decision of these specific European objections is very demonstrative. It presumably mirrors China’s essential needs in Europe concerning political and financial relations. France,…

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam has had a gathering with Australian Minister for Exchange and The travel industry Wear Farrell to examine opportunities for advancing exchange and speculation participation between the two countries. Farrell esteemed the positive improvements in reciprocal relations, particularly the overhaul of relations to a far reaching key organization during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Australia in March. He communicated his pleasure at the accomplishments in monetary, exchange, venture, and the travel industry participation between the two countries. The host invited the upgrade of individuals to-individuals exchanges between the two countries and…

For Miroslav Milovanovic, a Serbian living in Belgrade, heading out from the cash-flow to Novi Miserable to meet his sweetheart had been a somewhat unromantic encounter, the transport ride requiring as long as three hours. Going via train could divide the time, however at 40 kilometers 60 minutes, that outing was not precisely lightning-quick by the same token. That all changed quite a while back when a high velocity train with a planned maximum velocity of 200 km/h came into administration, slicing the excursion to simply thirty minutes, making Milovanovic’s remote relationship much better, and saving a great many suburbanites…

China is France’s largest trading partner in Asia and the seventh largest globally. “The future of our continent will very clearly depend on our ability to continue to develop relations with China in a balanced manner,” Macron said. Paris: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in Paris, that he hopes the historic cooperation partnership between China and France will brighten their way forward, a brighter future of China-France relations and new contributions to global peace, stability and development. The president said these words in a written speech when he arrived in Paris with a national visit to France. China and France…