ISLAMABAD, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has benefited from the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the project has contributed to rejuvenating Pakistan's economic development, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

 

"CPEC, a flagship project of the Belt and Road Initiative, is aiming at the development and socio-economic progress not only in Pakistan but the entire region and beyond," Asim Iftikhar Ahmad said during a weekly media briefing in Islamabad.

 

The first phase of the CPEC focused on energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan, Ahmad said, adding that the second phase of the project focused on agriculture, industrialization and socio-economic development in the South Asian country.