URUMQI (China): On Friday, acting prime minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar stated that Pakistan sought to use Xinjiang province’s status as a “important node” in the economic corridor connecting the two nations. He stated that Pakistan and China would collaborate to determine each region’s advantages, specifically Xinjiang and Gilgit Baltistan. He stated, “the two neighbouring regions had the potential to build synergies for improving the livelihoods of their people,” when speaking to the teachers and students of Xinjiang University. On Thursday night, PM Kakar took a flight from Beijing to Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, where he attended the Third Belt and Road Forum and had meetings with members of the Chinese government and other foreign dignitaries.