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China, Pakistan Sign Six Memorandums of Understanding to Enhance Bilateral Ties

© AP Photo / Thomas Peter/Pool PhotoChinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Saturday, May 13, 2017
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, right, and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Saturday, May 13, 2017 - Sputnik International
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China and Pakistan signed a total of six Memorandums of Understanding related to cooperation within the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road, as well as to cooperation on a number of projects, such as Gwadar port and East Bay expressway and Havelian Dry Port and ML1 Karachi-Peshawar railway project.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Chinese and Pakistani ministers signed a total of six Memorandums of Understanding on Saturday to improve economic relations between the two Asian nations and to implement joint projects, local media reported.

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According to the Daily Pakistan Global, the signing ceremony was attended by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif.

The memorandums are related to cooperation within the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road, as well as to cooperation on a number of projects, such as Gwadar port and East Bay expressway and Havelian Dry Port and ML1 Karachi-Peshawar railway project.

The Memorandums were signed during the visit of the Pakistani delegation headed by Sharif to China in order to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in China on May 14-15.

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