PM invited to visit China

BEIJING—Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has been invited to visit China. “I am carrying with me the invitation extended to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani by the Chinese leadership,” Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi told the Chinese media here at the Pakistan China Business Forum Monday.
President Pervez Musharraf was the chief guest at the Forum. The Foreign Minister said that before the Prime Minister’s visit he would also come here. He said that transforming the strong people-to-people relations into close economic bonds between Pakistan and China was among his priorities. President Musharraf left Monday evening for Urumqi after successful two-day visit here.—Agencies