PM Modi, Xi Jinping agree to undertake joint economic project in Afghanistan

[Theparadox]

HIGHLIGHTS

• The understanding was reached between the two leaders during the two-day informal summit which concluded today
• This will be a first such project in the war-torn country where China, while trying to expand its influence, has tacitly backed Pakistan

PM Modi and Xi Jinping take boat ride during informal summit at Wuhan

WUHAN: In a move that could upset Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to undertake a joint India-China economic project in Afghanistan at their first informal summit here, official sources said.

The understanding was reached between the two leaders during the two-day informal summit which concluded today, they said.

As per the understanding, officials of both sides will identify the project in following up discussions and work out modalities.

This will be a first such project in the war-torn country where China while trying to expand its influence has tacitly backed Pakistan, which has been accused by Afghanistan and the US of backing the Taliban and its most violent attacks in the country destabilising any attempts to restore peace.

China for the first time held a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan in December last in Beijing to narrow down the differences between the two countries.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...oject-in-afghanistan/articleshow/63948946.cms

 

[Imran Khan]

good news for all and paksitan too . hope china involve more in afghanistan

 

[Mukunda Murthi Rao]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...oject-in-afghanistan/articleshow/63948946.cms
WUHAN: In a move that could upset Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to undertake a joint India-China economic project in Afghanistan at their first informal summit here, official sources said.
The understanding was reached between the two leaders during the two-day informal summit which concluded today, they said.

As per the understanding, officials of both sides will identify the project in following up discussions and work out modalities.

This will be a first such project in the war-torn country where China while trying to expand its influence has tacitly backed Pakistan, which has been accused by Afghanistan and the US of backing the Taliban and its most violent attacks in the country destabilising any attempts to restore peace.

China for the first time held a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan in December last in Beijing to narrow down the differences between the two countries.

China had also announced plans to extend its controversial China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) to Afghanistan at the meeting

 

[Mukunda Murthi Rao]

good news for all and paksitan too . hope china involve more in afghanistan

Makes them a stakeholder in peace and the current govt in kabul.

 

[American Pakistani]

Lol, why would it upset Pakistan?

Once China is in Afghanistan, it will mean end of indian terrorism and hegemony in Afghanistan. Just similar to Nepal, Srilanka, Bangladesh and Myanmaar.

 

[Theparadox]

China wants to stop any type of terrorisms coming from this region to Xinjiang and India want azhar ban by UN. Maybe we came up with mutual solution.

India and China to cooperate further in counter-terrorism: MEA