Pakistan exploring expansion of CPEC to Afghanistan: envoy
The Hindu
‘Regional connectivity an element of our talks with Taliban’
Pakistan has discussed Taliban-led Afghanistan joining the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project, the Pakistani Ambassador to the country said on Monday.
“Regional connectivity is an important element of our discussion with the Afghan leadership and our way forward for our economic interaction with Afghanistan,” said Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan’s envoy to Kabul, in an interview with Reuters.
“This important project — ... provides good opportunities, good potential for providing infrastructure and energy connectivity between Afghanistan and Pakistan ... [and] also connecting South Asia to the Central Asian region.”
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