High level delegation from China to visit Pakistan on Wednesday

      ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP): A high level delegation led by
Li Changchun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau
of Communist Party of China Central Committee, (CPCCC), will visit
Pakistan from October 17-18.
      According to Foreign Office spokesman, during his stay in
Islamabad Changchun will call on President Zardari and will
discuss bilateral issues including regional situation.
      Li Changchun will inaugurate China Radio International (CRI)
FM-98 in Urdu language aiming to increase people-to-people
contact and forge cultural bonds at a popular level.
      This will add a new dimension to the existing cultural
relations between Pakistan and China.
      He will plant a tree at Shakarparian and also visit the
Pakistan Monument.
      This high level visit from China would help further strengthen
the "all-weather and strategic" friendship between the two
countries, said Foreign Office spokesman in a statement issued here
Tuesday.