In the New Delhi Declaration issued at the end of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) leaders’ summit, India supported the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) refused to sign the paragraph, which is a favorite project of Chinese President Xi Jinping

India has always opposed BRI 2022 A similar formulation was used in the Samarkand Declaration, when India signed paragraph refused to do so. India has always opposed the BRI, as it says that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor violates India’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

This project passes through the route which is illegally occupied by Pakistan

Let me tell you, BRI is a project which mainly connects China with the Arabian Sea. It stretches from Kashgar in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to the port of Gwadar in southwestern Balochistan, Pakistan. The project enters the Indian territory occupied by Pakistan in Gilgit Baltistan. And crosses Pakistan from north to south before reaching the Arabian Sea. India does not support any project of China, which poses a threat to the security of the country. The biggest reason for India not supporting BRI is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is a part of the project. This project passes through the route which was illegally occupied by Pakistan

What did India write in its declaration?The BRI paragraph in the New Delhi Declaration of 94 reads, “China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” Reaffirming their support for the (BRI) Initiative, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the Russian Federation, the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan note the ongoing work to jointly implement the project including efforts to link the Eurasian Economic Union and the creation of the BRI.

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Wed, Jul 5, 2023, 10: 10 AM IST