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CPEC being extended to Afghanistan, says report

PTI | Updated: Apr 8, 2018, 19:56 IST

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• China in December had unveiled its plans to extend the CPEC to Afghanistan which has sparked concerns in India
• India has protested to China over CPEC, which is being built through Azad Kashmir (Azad Kashmir)

File photo shows a container being loaded on a ship after the inauguration of CPECBEIJING: The controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the flagship project of China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is being extended to Afghanistan, a study report said on Sunday.

The BRI has injected "fresh vitality" to Asia's economic cooperation and helped the continent to reshape its international relations, said the Asian Competitiveness Annual Report 2018 released here on the sidelines of China's Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference.

China in December had unveiled its plans to extend the $50 billion CPEC to Afghanistan which has sparked concerns in India.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his meeting with his Pakistan and Afghan counterparts had offered to extend CPEC to Afghanistan.

"China and Pakistan are willing to look at with Afghanistan, on the basis of win-win, mutually beneficial principles, using an appropriate means to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan," Wang had said at the trilateral foreign ministers' meeting.

The BFA was formed by China in 2001 on the lines of the World Economic Forumin Davos, and holds its meeting every year.

This year's forum to be held till April 11 has opened at Boao today a coastal town in the southern island province of Hainan. President Xi Jinping is due to address the conference.



"China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative, has not only improved local infrastructure but also is extending toward Afghanistan, reducing poverty, the hotbed of terrorism, and bringing better prospects for local people's lives," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying.

The multi-billion-dollar BRI, the pet project of Xi has become a major stumbling block in India-China relations as CPEC has been listed as its "flagship project".


India has protested to China over CPEC, which is being built through Azad Kashmir (Azad Kashmir).


Outlining India's concerns on BRI, Indian Ambassador to China, Gautam Bambawale told Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post recently that "when we talk about development projects or connectivity projects, they must be transparent, fair and equal. There are certain internationally accepted norms for such projects".



"If a project meets those norms, we will be happy to take part in it. One of the norms is the project should not violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a country. Unfortunately, there is this thing called CPEC, which is called a flagship project of BRI which violates India's sovereignty and territory integrity. Therefore, we oppose it," he said.



Earlier, he told state-run Global Times that both countries should resolve differences. "This is a major problem for us. We need to talk about it, not push it under the carpet," he said

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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to be extended to Afghanistan: Report
INTERNATIONAL 2018-04-09, by Editor Comments Off

NEW DELHI: The controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor — the flagship project of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — is being extended to Afghanistan, a report said on Sunday.

The BRI has injected “fresh vitality” to Asia’s economic cooperation and helped the continent to reshape its international relations, said the Asian Competitiveness Annual Report 2018 released in Beijing on the sidelines of China’s Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) annual conference.

China had unveiled in December its plans to extend the $50 billion CPEC to Afghanistan, which has sparked concerns in India.

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, during his meeting with his Pakistan and Afghan counterparts, had offered to extend CPEC to Afghanistan.

“China and Pakistan are willing to look at with Afghanistan, on the basis of win-win, mutually beneficial principles, using an appropriate means to extend the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan,” Wang had said at the trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting.

The BFA was formed by China in 2001 on the lines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and holds its meeting every year.

This year’s forum to be held till April 11 has opened on Sunday in Boao, a coastal town in the southern island province of Hainan. President Xi Jinping is due to address the conference.

“China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project under the Belt and Road Initiative, has not only improved local infrastructure but also is extending toward Afghanistan, reducing poverty, the hotbed of terrorism, and bringing better prospects for local people’s lives,” state-run Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying.

The multi-billion-dollar BRI, the pet project of Xi has become a major stumbling block in India-China relations as CPEC has been listed as its “flagship project”.

India has protested to China over CPEC, which is being built through Azad Kashmir (Azad Kashmir).

Outlining India’s concerns on BRI, Indian ambassador to China,

Gautam Bambawale told Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post recently that “when we talk about development projects or connectivity projects, they must be transparent, fair and equal. There are certain internationally accepted norms for such projects”.

“If a project meets those norms, we will be happy to take part in it. One of the norms is the project should not violate the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a country. Unfortunately, there is this thing called CPEC, which is called a flagship project of BRI which violates India’s sovereignty and territory integrity. Therefore, we oppose it,” he said.

Earlier, he told state-run Global Times that both countries should resolve differences. “This is a major problem for us. We need to talk about it, not push it under the carpet,” he said.__Hindustan Times

 

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China-Pakistan economic corridor to be expanded to Afghanistan

By Shkuria Kohistani 7 hours 54 minutes ago
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The Asia Annual Competitive report said that it was decided at China’s BFA meeting for Asia to expand China-Pakistan economic corridor to Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industries says that we will support any project that is in the interest of public, in particular the large-scale regional CPEC project that Afghanistan would include.
Musafer Qoqandi, spokesman for Ministry of Commerce and Industries told media that the CPEC project is connecting the region and will support as it connects the region and it is in the interest of Afghanistan.

Our interest is to connect in the region, and we are confident that any project that is in the interest of Afghanistan we welcome it, because we are a landlocked country, Qoqandi added.

The inclusion of Afghanistan in this project is in the interest of the regional countries as well and by considering geographical importance of Afghanistan, they want this country to be part of the project, Qoqandi stated.

According to Qogoodi, many meetings have been held on protecting the interests of Afghanistan in CPEC project and still discussions are going on.
The plan was launched first in December last year by China’s Foreign Minister, Mr. Wang, at a meeting with Afghan and Pakistani officials.

The China-Pakistan economic corridor is a plan to connect China with Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and become a widespread logistics and transportation network that has great importance to China.

The plan was due to expand the project between China and Pakistan, and that’s why the work is seriously continuing in Pakistan.
But the question is this that why is China interested in Afghanistan and what it has earned from this country?

Shir Ali Tazri, an economic expert in this connection told The Kabul Times reporter that the economic meetings which held under various names can be effective in boosting the Afghan economy. Afghanistan has very long borders with Pakistan and China, and any transaction which took place from this route in the region is in the interest of the people of Afghanistan, and the Afghan government should not lose such good business opportunities in this juncture of time, because our people need more good relations in the region.

Meanwhile, Taj Mohammad Talash economic analyst in this regard said that in fact, China and Pakistan are strategic partners, and because Afghanistan has its own importance as a crossroad, it makes the destination long, CPEC is an important transit route and Chinese company will come to Afghanistan and invest in this country.

At the same time, the Chamber of Commerce and Industries says Afghanistan, China and Pakistan are the countries that have deep trade ties among each other.