Time to boost links, Li tells 3 leaders

China is ready to advance infrastructure projects and production cooperation with Pakistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Premier Li Keqiang said while meeting individually with the three countries' prime ministers on Thursday in Sochi, Russia.

The leaders traveled to the city to attend the 16th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Minister) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the first such meeting after Pakistan and India became SCO members during the summer.

When meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Li said both countries have made progress in building the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor since four years ago, and China is willing to promote key infrastructure projects and production capacity cooperation with the South Asian neighbor.