All in?
Islamabad has clearly become disenchanted with the lack of support from the USA as it struggles with an economic crisis that has brought it to the brink of debt default.
Islamabad has clearly become disenchanted with the lack of support from the USA as it struggles with an economic crisis that has brought it to the brink of debt default.
''We have consistently rejected such statements in the past. The union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the union territory of Ladakh are and will always be integral and inalienable parts of India. No other country has a locus standi,'' Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said at a media briefing.
The project is located in Sadhanoti district of PoK on Jhelum river and is expected to be completed in 2026.
President Erdogan further added, "Ankara was "ready to work on that".
He said that he would soon visit China and meet its leadership to strengthen the friendship between the two countries.
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.
If India were to stay out, the BRI will inevitably be a uniquely Chinese project…of, by and for China. It is imperative, both for India's national interest and the time-honoured concept of 'balance of power', that an initiative with such massive potential as the BRI is not allowed to be dictated by one country.
Pakistan is in excessive foreign debt and to stave-off the crisis it has already secured $6 billion from Saudi Arabia and reached out to the IMF for the bailout.
Khan will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang. He will also attend China's International Import Expo on Sunday in Shanghai.
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).
