Guangzhou-Lahore friendship agreement a new feather in Pakistan-China brotherhood: Punjab Chief Minister

Lahore: Friendship agreement between China’s Guangzhou and Pakistani Lahore cities is a new feather in Pakistan-China brotherhood, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said.

Buzdar highlighted the decades old friendship between Pakistan and China which was getting stronger each day.

“The agreement of friendship and cooperation between Guangdong and Lahore will go a long way in multiplying bilateral cooperation,” the CM remarked.

Buzdar underscored that China had a special relationship with Punjab as a lot of investment was being carried out by the Chinese investors in the province.

“China is also help our agriculturists a lot under the second phase of CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor),” he acknowledged

CM Buzdar predicted that Guangdong and Lahore will take the cooperation to new level.

Earlier on Friday, the cities of Guangzhou and Lahore knotted friendship ties with Lahore. According to the memorandum of understanding of enhanced cooperation between the two cities, Guangzhou and Lahore will carry out friendly exchanges in economy, trade, culture and tourism, science and technology, and education, to name a few. So far, Guangzhou has knotted friendship city ties with 99 cities from 65 countries.

Last month, Pakistan and China also signed an agreement on establishment of sister-province relationship between Sindh and Hubei Provinces in Wuhan to promote pragmatic cooperation in the fields of education, science and technology, technical and vocational training and people to people exchanges.