3rd CHINA-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN TRILATERAL DIALOGUE
Source : PCI Date : 07-01-2016 By : Pakistan-china Institute Media Cell
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.