China banks on regional support amid ‘Indian threats’ to CPEC
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang has said that the country was hoping to receive wider approval and support for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) among the regional countries and the rest of the international community.
Speaking to reporters during a regular press briefing on Monday, he said the multi-billion dollar project was not only of important significance to China-Pakistan common development, but also conducive to regional connectivity and common prosperity.
The statement came in response to a question over India’s suspected attempts to disrupt the economic corridor.
It is a 3,000 kilometre-long network of roads, pipelines and railways to transport goods from Gwadar port to Kashgar in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China.
Citing various statements of Indian leadership, a Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson had claimed that an Indian intelligence agency was striving to target CPEC and had setup a cell specifically for that purpose.
“We have noted the relevant reports,” Kang responded, adding that CPEC was a new type of cooperation framework between China and Pakistan for across-the-board cooperation, in particular the long-term development of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries in a broad sense.
“China is confident in working with Pakistan to ensure the sound development of the CPEC and uphold the economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.”
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