Pakistan has bestowed Hilal-e-Pakistan (crescent of Pakistan) award to Chinese Minster – Song Tao in Beijing.
As per details, Pakistan conferred country’s second highest civil award Hilal-e-Pakistan to Song Tao – Minister of International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) Central Committee on Thursday.
The ceremony was held at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing where Pakistan’s Ambassador to China – Momin ul Haque conferred Hilal-e-Pakistan to Mr Song Tao on behalf of President of Pakistan Arif Alvi.
The recipient, Mr Song Tao is also a member of the 19th CPC Central Committee and has been a key figure in strengthening of Pak-China ties.
He has played a significant role in further expansion of bilateral cooperation between China and Pakistan and has promoted extensive people-to-people and party-to-party exchanges, interactions.
Mr Song Tao has been instrumental in due addressing of the matters pertaining to the multi-billion-dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and Strategic Cooperative Partnership between the two countries.