India welcome to join Belt and Road Initiative, says China
China pitches India to join OBOR project
President's Xi's key economic policy -?the One Belt and One Road(OBOR) initiative?has been enshrined in the Chinese constitution approved by the Chinese Communist Party
Within hours of President Xi's coronation as the supreme leader, the Chinese government once again pitched India to join the One Belt, One Road(OBOR) initiative on the basis of "voluntarism".
President's Xi's key economic centrepiece -the One Belt and One Road(OBOR) initiative -has been enshrined in the Chinese constitution approved by the Chinese Communist Party which recently concluded its 19th session on Tuesday.
"We welcome other countries including India to participate in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the basis of voluntarism," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told the media.
The OBOR is a global trade infrastructure project intended to increase China's influence abroad.
The BRI will bring tangible benefits to those who are participating in the project at an early date, Geng maintained.
"The initiative will not affect China's position on relevant issues and our position on relevant initiatives will not be changed," he said.
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In May, India had skipped the opening ceremony of China's Belt and Road Forum following sovereignty concerns over the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
The meeting called the Belt and Road Forum (BRF) was being attended by twenty-nine heads of governments including Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickrmasinghe, besides official delegations from other South Asian countries.
China and Pakistan have signed six pacts to boost cooperation on the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, including one on building an airport at the strategic Gwadar port city.
The deep-water port and the CPEC is of significance to China as they together facilitate Beijing's access to the Arabian Sea and resultantly links it with Eurasia and Africa.
The Gwadar port opposite the Mumbai's port housing the Indian Navy's western naval command provides a berth for China in the Arabian Sea and to the Indian Ocean.
India opposes the CPEC as it runs through the Pakistan- Occupied Kashmir.