Pakistan and China on Friday agreed on expanding people-to-people ties and expressed resolve to further enhance consular facilitation for each other’s nationals.This was agreed during the ninth round of Pakistan-China Consular Consultations held in Beijing.Director General (China), Ambassador Syed Ali Asad Gillani, led the Pakistani delegation while the Chinese side was led by Deputy Director General, Wu Demin. It was agreed that the embassies of the two countries would hold a monthly review meeting with the concerned officials to discuss consular matters concerning students and entrepreneurs and issues relating to prisoners.The 10th round of Pakistan-China Consular Consultations will be held in Islamabad next year.The Consular Consultations are an institutionalized mechanism between Pakistan and China that reviews the entire range of consular matters including visa and immigration, and consular facilitation for nationals of the two countries.

Credit: INP-Pak-China