Tag: CPEC
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Pakistan Foreign Minister to begin 3-day China trip
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will begin his three-day official visit to China on Monday during which he is scheduled to attend the first Islamabad-Beijing foreign ministers' strategic dialogue.
March 18, 2019 -
Sushma Swaraj proposes air freight corridor between India and Central Asia
Swaraj informed the gathering that Iran was holding the Chabahar Day International Conference on February 26 at the Chabahar port to introduce to the invited delegations the capacities of the port.
January 13, 2019 -
2018 a watershed year for Sino-Indian ties
It all started with Chinese President Xi Jinping hosting PM Modi in Wuhan in April in an informal setting for a summit that provided an opportunity to the two leaders to discuss ways to put the past behind and open a new chapter in bilateral ties.
December 29, 2018 -
The dishonoured Air Chief
Is India a banana republic? The answer is an emphatic 'No'. Yet, why does a political stalwart, who and whose political party had the pleasure and privilege of ruling India for 55 years, publicly target and viciously denigrate the incumbent Indian Air Force chief? Why this humiliation? Especially, on a day, when the Chinese foreign minister, Wang, and a military delegation from Beijing are in town? How happy will the Chinese be? Will, they not celebrate? Elated to see helplessness of the dishonoured serving Air Chief.
December 29, 2018 -
India, Japan identifying joint projects in Africa under their growth corridor project
Based on the success of the AAGC initiative in Africa, the two countries would undertake joint projects in Asia, the source added. Japan was also investing in connectivity and infrastructure project in India's North-Eastern region.
December 24, 2018 -
China junks report of secret plan to build fighter jets in Pak trade corridor
The CPEC, which connects Gwadar Port in Balochistan with China's Xinjiang province, is the flagship project of Chinese President Xi Jinping's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative.
December 22, 2018 -
Imran’s fate hinges on economic showing
Pakistan has requested for a $12 billion help because its economy is in a shambles. The foreign exchange reserve is at $7.3 billion whereas a dollar itself buys 140 Pakistani Rupees. The monthly trade deficit is at $1.7 billion.
December 21, 2018 -
Should India view ‘string of pearls’ as an asset?
Alarm bells actually starting ringing with construction activities in Hambantota in Sri Lanka and Gwadar on the Makran Coast in Pakistan. The Chinese have since extended their reach to a base in the Red Sea.
December 14, 2018 -
India ‘spinning hatred’, perpetuating ‘dynamic rivalry’: Pak official
The Foreign Secretary also criticised New Delhi for 'spending massively on force modernisation' and questioned the support being extended to it by the world powers in its acquisition of weapons.
December 12, 2018 -
Pakistan arrests 2 in terror attack on Chinese consulate
Nine hand grenades, Kalashnikov assault rifles, magazines and explosives were recovered from the possession of the terrorists.
November 25, 2018 -
2 cops killed as gunmen storm Chinese consulate in Karachi; India condemns attack
According to reports, at least three terrorists were also killed after an exchange of fire with security personnel.
November 23, 2018 -
A race Pakistan cannot win
The completion of the first deterrence patrol by INS Arihant, India’s first home-developed, nuclear-powered submarine, completing the nuclear deterrence triad, procurement of the S400 missile systems from Russia and the induction of new heavy-calibre guns for the artillery are changing the balance of power in the subcontinent. There was immense criticism by Pakistan in every …
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November 20, 2018 -
The Great Game continues
PM Modi is coming to Maldives after over three years of the earlier cancelled visit of 2015. A lot of ground will now have to be covered and without any further time to lose.
November 17, 2018 -
India, US, Japan, Australia hold ‘Quad’ meet; agree to promote free, open Indo-Pacific
The meeting is considered significant since the ‘Quad’ is seen as a grouping that is concerned over the growing influence of China, especially with its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
November 15, 2018 -
China vows ‘necessary support’ to cash-strapped Pakistan, inks 16 pacts
Imran Khan was given a ceremonial welcome at the Great Hall of people before he held talks with Li.
November 3, 2018 -
Connectivity initiatives should promote trade not tension: India on CPEC
India has opposed CPEC, the flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), on the ground that it traverses through Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
November 1, 2018 -
Trap of the Century?~II
It began as a faint murmur of protest, but the murmurs are now rising to a tumult. Jeff Smith of Heritage Foundation, a Washington based think-tank, recounts these instances in a well-researched paper. Thailand had rejected proposals in 2016 for Chinese infrastructure investments and refused to grant land rights for them. “Thailand is not Laos,” …
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October 15, 2018