Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Pakistan from August 20 to 22, the ministry's spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Tuesday. 

Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will hold the sixth round of China-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue with Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Pakistani deputy prime minister and foreign minister.

According to the spokesperson, during Wang's visit, China expects to reach consensus with Pakistan on strengthening strategic communication and expanding practical cooperation in various fields. The two countries will make efforts to coordinate with each other in regional and global affairs, quickening the steps towards an even closer China-Pakistan community with a shared future in the new era, Mao added.

She praised the longstanding friendship and all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between China and Pakistan, saying the bilateral relationship features robust, strategic trust and frequent high-level exchanges.

Wang last visited Pakistan in March 2022.

In February this year, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari paid a state visit to China and attended the opening ceremony of the ninth Asian Winter Games. Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif paid an official visit to China last June.