President Arif Alvi leaves for China today.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi will leave for China on Monday (today) on his first visit to the neighbouring country since assuming the office in September 2018.

In a statement issued here on Sunday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said that the president would be visiting China at the invitation of President Xi Jinping of China.

During his two-day visit, the president would be accompanied by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar and senior government officials.

'This will be the president's first visit to China, which is singularly aimed at conveying strong support and solidarity of Pakistan towards the government and the people of China while Beijing was resolutely engaged in efforts to contain and deal with the spread of Covid-19,' the FO spokesperson said.

Several MoUs expected to be signed during visit

She said the president would meet President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders during his stay in Beijing. She said a number of memorandums of understanding were expected...