President Asif Ali Zardari. - Reuters (File Photo)

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday held separate meetings with delegations from United States and China and discussed bilateral matters, DawnNews reported.

A delegation of US Congressmen comprising Republicans and Democrats met with the president at the Bilawal House and discussed the Pak-US relations, regional situation among other issues.

The president later held talks with the eight member Chinese trade delegation.

The delegation having representatives from mining, railways, trade, banking and power sector exchanged views with the president on development projects being carried out in Pakistan.

Zardari invited the delegation to invest in the country and expressed the desire that Islamabad wanted to initiate development projects through public-private partnership.

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