Chinese Ship Opens New Trade Route Via Pakistani Port
A cargo ship sits at Gwadar Port in Gwadar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016.
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Islamabad (AP) -- Pakistan's top civilian and military leaders traveled to the country's southwest on Sunday to open a new international trade route by seeing off a Chinese ship that's exporting goods to the Middle East and Africa from the newly built Gwadar port.
The first convoy of Chinese trucks carrying goods for sale abroad has arrived in Pakistan amid tight security using a road linking Gwadar to China's northwestern Xinjiang region, the government said in a statement.