KARACHI:Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar said China and Pakistan enjoy good relations and this association between both countries would even strengthen with the belt and road initiative.
People of Pakistan value the Chinese cooperation in our development projects. A friendship declaration between Karachi and Chinese city Shenyang would increase bilateral cooperation and pave way for more development and progress.
He expressed these views on Tuesday before he departed on a 4-day visit of China where he will sign an agreement with the mayor of Shenyang city.
Mayor was invited on this visit by the Peoples association for friendship with foreign countries of Shenyang city during which he will also meet with the mayor of Shenyang.
On this visit he will sign a declaration for the Shenyang City and Karachi City as ‘friendship cities’ and explore opportunities in various sectors including Improvement of Infrastructure, development of parks and horticulture, improvement of roads, footpaths and bridges, commercial parking plazas, lighting arrangement on roads, construction of new fire stations, improvement of flyovers, underpasses and bridges, development of amusement parks, cleaning and desilting of storm water drains, medical and health services, transport and communication, information technology, development of oil tanker terminal, bulk transportation of garbage, and other special projects.
Other areas of cooperation are city planning and public safety, business promotion and tourism, sustainable development, smart city, technology, innovation, startups and digital inclusion, public management, participation and accountability mechanisms, urban mobility, traffic and mass transportation management, municipal policies for primary care, health and social inclusion, and municipal policies for the promotion of creative economy, says a KMC release.