RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.515
TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2017
INDIAN PARTICIPATION IN ONE BELT ONE ROAD PROJECTS
515. SHRI MD. NADIMUL HAQUE:
Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether China’s One Belt One Road projects crosses through the Indian territory, Pakistan occupied Kashmir, due to which Government chose not to participate in this Forum;
(b) how the Ministry is planning to take up the issue further, the details thereof; and
(c) whether it would use the platform of the next Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Forum to address the issue, if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
[GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]
(a) to (c) The so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which is being projected as a flagship project of China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, passes through parts of the state of Jammu & Kashmir that has been in illegal occupation of Pakistan
since 1947. Government has conveyed to the Chinese side, including at the highest level, its concerns about their activities in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and asked them to cease these activities.
Government will continue to convey these concerns to the Chinese side at all appropriate opportunities.
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