Pakistan attaches highest importance to Xi visit

Trip likely to take place at early date, senior Islamabad envoy says

President Xi Jinping's expected visit to Pakistan this year will "mark a visible upgrading" of the bilateral relationship and add new substance to current strategic ties, a visiting senior Pakistani diplomat has told China Daily.

Syed Tariq Fatemi, Pakistan's Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said the visit is "likely to take place at an early date".