29 countries attended, including delegates from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the United Nations; even the US. However India, the OBOR Initiative’s second-largest investor, boycotted the event.
His absence was a mum protest against People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping’s shrewd decision to deepen ties with Pakistani President Nawaz Sharif on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC); a vital trade route into the Middle East for the OBOR.More geopolitics and geostrategy around the New Silk Road initiative (OBOR — One Belt One Road).
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A Pound of Flesh: Why is India Trying to Sabotage the Silk Road Initiative?
Asif Aziz
I predict disaster, just like every other free trade or integration project undertaken. Huge benefits will be generated for a tiny few on the backs of the many.
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