WEEK IN REVIEW: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Will Visit China Next Month

Visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaking with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a two-day visit to Beijing. Image via Press Information Department.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit China next month in a bid to “restore confidence” following a series of terrorist attacks against Chinese interests in the South Asia country. Sharif will try to reassure officials in Beijing that the development of the $65 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor remains on track despite assaults by separatist militants. (ARAB NEWS PAKISTAN)

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Cambodia on Sunday, the last stop on a three-nation Asia-Pacific tour that also included Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Wang will meet separately with Prime Minister Hun Manet and his father, Hun Sen, who ran the country for almost 40 years. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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