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NEW DELHI: Chinese PresidentXi Jinpingarrived inPakistanon Monday on a two-day visit when he is set to announce $46 billion of infrastructure projects and plans to sell submarines, deals that would cause discomfiture in India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Beijing next month.
Pakistan is China's oldest and closest ally in South Asia and their partnership has often been viewed in New Delhi as Beijing's tool to check India.
Xi, who was to visit Pakistan last year but had postponed it due to security concerns, is visiting Islamabad at a time when theModi governmentis trying to expand India's influence in the India Ocean Region and Asia Pacific. Since coming to power last May, the PM has undertaken visits to several countries in these regions.
This is Xi's first foreign trip in 2015 and the maiden visit to Pakistan by a Chinese head of state in a decade. Xi, who will be awarded Pakistan's highest civilian award.
China President Xi Jinping’s Pakistan visit makes India anxious - The Economic Times
Pakistan is China's oldest and closest ally in South Asia and their partnership has often been viewed in New Delhi as Beijing's tool to check India.
Xi, who was to visit Pakistan last year but had postponed it due to security concerns, is visiting Islamabad at a time when theModi governmentis trying to expand India's influence in the India Ocean Region and Asia Pacific. Since coming to power last May, the PM has undertaken visits to several countries in these regions.
This is Xi's first foreign trip in 2015 and the maiden visit to Pakistan by a Chinese head of state in a decade. Xi, who will be awarded Pakistan's highest civilian award.
China President Xi Jinping’s Pakistan visit makes India anxious - The Economic Times