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3rd CHINA-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN TRILATERAL DIALOGUE

Source : PCI   Date : 07-01-2016   By : Pakistan-china Institute Media Cell 

3rd CHINA-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN TRILATERAL DIALOGUE

QUEST FOR PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN: ROLE OF NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES

SESSION I – INAUGURAL
10:30 – 11:40 hrs

Welcome Address by Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed
Chairman, Parliamentary Committee of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
(10:30-10:45 hrs)

Keynote Speech by H.E. Mr. Sartaj Aziz
Advisor to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs
(10:45-11:00 hrs)

Address by H.E. Mr. Sun Weidong
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China
(11:00-11:15 hrs)

Address by H.E. Mr. Janan Mosazai
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
(11:15-11:30 hrs)

Welcome Note by Mr. Ronny Heine
Resident Representative Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
(11:30-11:40 hrs)


SESSION II – AFGHANISTAN: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSEPCTIVE
12:00 – 13:30 hrs

Moderated by Dr. Muhammad Khan, Head, Dept. of International Relations, NDU

Mr. Andrew Small
Author of ‘The China-Pakistan Axis: Asia’s New Geopolitics’ & Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the U. S.
(12:00-12:20 hrs)

Dr. Rafaello Pantucci
Director of International Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute
(12:20-12:40 hrs)

Mr. Intizar Khadim
Former Senior Advisor of Strategic Communication to the High Peace Council, Afghanistan
(12:40-13:00 hrs)

Open Discussion  
(13:00-13:45 hrs)

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LUNCH  13:45-14:30 hrs
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SESSION III – PEACE IN AFGHANISTAN: WAY FORWARD
14:30 – 15:10 hrs

Moderated by Senator Afrasiab Khattak, Former Senator, Former Provincial President Awami National Party

Speech by Mr. Sayed Hamed Gailani
Deputy Leader of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan
(14:30-14:50 hrs)

Speech by Prof. Li Xiguang
Director, Tsinghua University International Center for Communication
(14:50-15:10 hrs)

Concluding Remarks & Vote of Thanks

Islamabad, Jan 06: 95% construction works on Gwadar-Rato Dero road, a regional connectivity project under China-Pak Economic Corridor, has been completed.

This was stated by the Chairman National Highway Authority Shahid Ashraf Tarar during a meeting with the Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri in Islamabad on Wednesday.

The road will link the Gwadar port city, and Balochistan’s interior with the Indus Highway and would be a vital part of the Pakistan-China economic corridor, stimulating development in the area right from Gwadar upto Ratodero, Sindh province of Pakistan.