MUSHARRAF OFFERS HIS COUNTRY AS CHINA’S ENERGY CORRIDOR

President General Pervez Musharraf has told delegates at a three day Pakistan China Energy forum that he wouldturn the country into a trade, industry and energy corridor for the benefit of the two neighbours and the whole region. “When Karakoram Highway was built, the world called it the eighth wonder, we can create the ninth and tenth wonders by establishing energy pipelines and railway linkages between the two fast growing economies,” he stated, while promising to make use of Pakistan’s location as a gateway for oil and trade between China and other regions.

..”We particularly look forward to materializing cooperation in the energy sector where establishment of oil refineries, oil storage facilities and gas pipelines stand out,” he said. In this respect, he said the business communities of the two countries would serve as engines of growth while the governments of the two countries are firmly resolved to play the role of facilitator.

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