Shaza Fatima meets Chinese IT minister
State Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja held a meeting with the Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Jin Zhuanglong, in Beijing.
The minister is accompanying Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during his state visit to China from June 4–8.
While welcoming Fatima, the Chinese minister said, “China and Pakistan are strategic cooperative partners and trusted friends, and the cooperation in various sectors between the two countries is deepening.” Acknowledging growing cooperation between China and Pakistan in the IT sector, he said, “The two sides have cooperation in IT at the Joint Coordination Committee of CPEC.”
The two sides shared implementation reports of the six working groups under the Joint Working Group (JWG) on Industry and Information Technology under the CPEC during the 2nd meeting of JWG on IT held on May 14 this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 8th, 2024.
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