ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan would soon host a Central Asian States summit in Islamabad to take decisions about establishment of rail, road and energy corridors linking Gwadar and Karachi ports with these states.
Speaking at the federal cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif apprised the participants about his visit to Kazakhstan and said that during his participation in international conferences including Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the United Nations General Assembly session and most recently in Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) during the months of September and October, he held detailed meetings with the leaders of the Central Asian Republics.
He said during these meetings, agriculture commodities, gas, rail, road, infrastructure and linkages, besides energy corridors were discussed and it was decided that soon Pakistan would host a Central Asian States summit in Islamabad in which the decisions over the establishment of rail, road and energy corridors linking Gwadar and Karachi ports with the CARs would be taken in principles.
Moreover, under the recommendations of the subcommittees set up by the prime minister, a comprehensive plan over these linkages would be presented on the occasion.
