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Pakistan’s belt and road offer to Sri Lanka stokes India’s China concerns A Pakistani naval guard at Gwadar port. Photo: AFP
Pakistan s offer to Sri Lanka to join its multibillion-dollar trade and infrastructure scheme with China under Beijing s Belt and Road Initiative has raised concerns in Indian policy circles, as New Delhi seeks to secure its influence in a region where China s presence is growing.
On a two-day visit to Colombo last week, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan urged Colombo to participate in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which comprises railways, power plants and the deepwater Indian Ocean port of Gwadar. The CPEC is aimed at offering China a major overland route from its western frontiers to the world but critics have accused it of being a debt trap for Islamabad.
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