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That's correct. The first two suggestions (aligning geo-economic concepts; "good neighborliness") made by the ambassador are more like diplomatic languages, no concrete substance. The third (FTA) and fourth (border) are ongoing bilateral agenda, not directly related to CPEC let alone its "renaming".For the subjected remarks quoted to Chinese Official, that said "Uday Bhaskar told Sputnik."
From the same article, these are suggestions by Chinese Official.
The Chinese ambassador proposed a four-point proposal to improve China-India relations. First is that, the two countries could actively explore the feasibility of aligning China’s OBOR initiative and India’s Act East Policy.
His second suggestion is that the two countries begin negotiations regarding good neighborliness and friendly cooperation.
The third proposal is that both countries should restart China-India Free Trade Agreement talks.
And the last suggestion is that India and China should solve the border issue as early as possible.
From the very beginning OBOR targets Russia-Mongolia-CAS-Afghanistan-CEE-NW Europe (OB) and ANZ-ASEAN-IOR-ME-Africa-Mediterranean (OR), with Pakistan-CPEC as the fulcrum, and LatAm in the broader sense. Sri Lanka and BD are included, but India was never in the design, though diplomatically speaking welcome to join in due course, and that's why China willing to proceed RCEP with or without India.
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