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On One Belt One Road, US backs India, says it crosses `disputed` territory
Washington: The Trump administration on Wednesday threw its weight behind
India's opposition to the China- Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), saying
it passes through a disputed territory and no country should put itself into
a position of dictating the Belt and Road initiative.
India skipped the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in May this year due to its
sovereignty concerns over the nearly USD 60 billion CPEC, a flagship project
of China's prestigious One Belt One Road (OBOR), which passes through
Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Having returned from his maiden trip to India last week wherein he met his
counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US Defence
Secretary Jim Mattis today appeared to be a strong opponent of China's
ambitious OBOR initiative.
"In a globalised world, there are many belts and many roads, and no one
nation should put itself into a position of dictating 'one belt, one road',
" Mattis told members of the Senate Armed Services Committee during a
Congressional hearing.
"That said, the One Belt One Road also goes through disputed territory,
and I think, that in itself shows the vulnerability of trying to establish
that sort of a dictate," Mattis said apparently referring to India's
position on CPEC.
Mattis was responding to a question from Senator Charles Peters over OBOR
and China's policy in this regard. |
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