据路透社伊斯兰堡报道，巴基斯坦总理办公室表示，巴基斯坦预计在未来几周内与沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国签署投资协议，与此同时，巴基斯坦正在加强与一些国家的关系，这些国家最近向巴基斯坦提供了数十亿美元的贷款。

总理伊姆兰·汗办公室在周三会议后发表声明称，预计本月将与沙特阿拉伯签署一份谅解备忘录，并将于2月与阿联酋签署一项投资框架协议。

声明表示，在签订谅解备忘录之前，上月与中国签署了一项类似的协议。

声明没有提供任何细节，但《黎明日报》援引投资委员会主席Haroon Sharif的话说：“这些资金可能会投资于炼油、石油化工、可再生能源和采矿行业。我们预计沙特将有超过100亿美元的投资，在这方面签署的备忘录既不常见，也不含糊，而是具体的协议。此外，沙特阿美将投资于一家炼油厂，并在巴基斯坦建立自己的炼油厂。”

除了这些投资外，沙特阿拉伯还向巴基斯坦提供了60亿美元的一揽子投资和由阿联酋提供的贷款和石油付款信贷组成的一个类似规模的一揽子投资。

这些协议出台之际，巴基斯坦正寻求加强公共财政，减少其经常账户赤字，国际货币基金组织11月份的一份报告估计，2018年巴基斯坦的财政赤字将占国内生产总值(GDP)的5.9%。

詹晓晶摘自路透社

原文如下：

Pakistan eyes investment pacts with Saudi Arabia, UAE

Pakistan expects to sign investment agreements with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks, the prime minister’s office said, as Islamabad builds on its ties with states that have recently lent it billions of dollars.

A memorandum of understanding was expected with Saudi Arabia this month, with an investment framework accord set to be signed with the UAE in February, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s office said in a statement following a meeting on Wednesday.

The MoUs follow a similar agreement signed last month with China, it said.

The statement gave no details but the daily Dawn newspaper quoted Board of Investment Chairman Haroon Sharif, as saying the investments were likely to be in the oil refining, petrochemicals, renewable energy and mining sectors.

“We are expecting $10-billion-plus Saudi investments and the MoUs to be signed in this regard will not be common or vague but concrete agreements,” Dawn quoted him as saying, adding that Saudi Aramco would invest in an oil refinery and also set up its own refinery in Pakistan.

The investments would be in addition to a $6-billion package provided to Pakistan by Saudi Arabia and a similar-sized package, made up of loans and an oil payment credit facility, offered by the UAE.

The agreements come as Pakistan has sought to strengthen its public finances and reduce its current account deficit, which a report from the International Monetary Fund in November estimated to stand at 5.9 percent of gross domestic product in 2018.