According to Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Pakistan and China have agreed to temporarily reopen the border crossing between the two countries for local traders.
Pakistan’s northern border with southwestern China is connected by Khunjerab Pass, the world’s highest paved international border crossing.
Although the pass is normally open between May and November for trade and travel, China closed it in November 2019 to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Last year, the border was reopened as the transmission of the disease declined.
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed between Pakistan and China in 2009, and a second phase was signed in 2019 and implemented on January 1, 2022, enabling Pakistan to export over one thousand products to China duty-free.
According to the South China Morning Post, China represents 11 percent of Pakistan’s total exports in 2021, worth US$28.9 billion.
A spokesperson for Pakistan’s foreign ministry said the border pass would reopen in two phases.
In the first phase, the Khunjerab Pass will open today and again between the end of January 2023 and early February 2023, after the Chinese spring festival, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said.
According to Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Pakistan and China have agreed to temporarily reopen the border crossing between the two countries for local traders.
Pakistan’s northern border with southwestern China is connected by Khunjerab Pass, the world’s highest paved international border crossing.
Although the pass is normally open between May and November for trade and travel, China closed it in November 2019 to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Last year, the border was reopened as transmission of the disease declined.
A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed between Pakistan and China in 2009, and a second phase was signed in 2019 and implemented on January 1, 2022, enabling Pakistan to export over one thousand products to China duty-free.
According to the South China Morning Post, China represents 11 percent of Pakistan’s total exports in 2021, worth US$28.9 billion.
A spokesperson for Pakistan’s foreign ministry said the border pass would reopen in two phases.
In the first phase, the Khunjerab Pass will open today and again between the end of January 2023 and early February 2023, after the Chinese spring festival, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said.
Baloch said Pakistan had requested China to open the border so that local traders could be facilitated. “We appreciate both countries’ efforts to ensure smooth border operations despite inclement weather,” she said.
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