Sept 16-17, 2026 — China and Pakistan held the inaugural Border Joint Committee
meeting in Islamabad. The session was co-chaired by Li Ya, deputy director of
the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs, and
Choudhry, director-general of the China Division at Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry.
Central and local officials participated. Both sides gave a positive assessment
of implementation of the China‑Pakistan Boundary Management System Agreement,
exchanged views on cross-border cooperation, agreed to leverage the joint
committee mechanism to deepen border management and cooperation, and signed the
meeting minutes.
