China will expand cultural relations with Pakistan

Beijing. February 14. Silkroadnews - China will expand cultural relations with Pakistan, The Express Tribune reports.
“Pakistan and China signed Executive Programme of Cultural Agreement for further consolidating cultural relations and promoting people-to-people contacts between the two states. Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting, National History and Literary Heritage, Marriyum Aurangzeb and Chinese Minister of Culture Luo Shugang signed the agreement on behalf of their respective countries. Ambassador of Pakistan to China and senior officials of both the countries were also present on the occasion,” the report said.
Among further moves to strengthen the cultural relations between the countries Marriyum Aurangzeb proposed to carry out mutual photography exhibition at the Pak-China National Culture Center in Islamabad, granting cultural scholarship to students in universities, and establishing a FM radio to broadcast along the entire China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
In turn, the Minister of Culture of China Luo Shugang proposed cooperation in the field of archeology and preservation of cultural heritage, and offered Chinese assistance for establishment of archaeology and heritage center in Pakistan, the report reads.