BEIJING: China has bestowed particular awards on the envoys of Pakistan, the Maldives and Sri Lanka for his or her contribution to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) of which the controversial China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a flagship mission.
The ambassadors of Pakistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malta, and Bosnia-Herzegovina in China had been conferred with Silk Road Super Ambassador Awards in Beijing on January 24, state-run Global Times reported on Sunday.
The BRI which targets to build major infrastructure projects with Chinese investments world wide is modelled on the ancient silk course.
India has protested to China over CPEC because it traverses thru Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The massive Chinese investments evoked considerations of debt traps after China bought Sri Lanka's Hambantota port on a 99-year rent as part of a debt switch.
Similarly, massive Chinese loans got under the former Abdullah Yameen govt stoked an identical fears in Maldives. The present govt headed via Ibrahim Mohamed Solih mentioned it is reviewing the Chinese projects.
Pakistan the place China reportedly committed $62 billion for quite a lot of CPEC projects has lately cancelled a power mission to reduce debt burden.
CPEC is regarded as the "flagship project" of the BRI, the daily's file mentioned adding that it covers extensive areas, ranging from transportation to industrial zones.
Pakistan's ambassador to China Masood Khalid advised the Global Times prior to the the award rite that Pakistan has benefited from the CPEC.
"Our cooperation is very broad and is expanding, so we are happy. We are confident that as we move forward, we will see more tangible progress in our cooperation," he mentioned.
The Maldives was once one of the first international locations to enroll in the BRI. Maldives' ambassador to China Mohamed Faisal advised the daily that in the past four to five years, Maldives has won numerous development assistance from China and for the longer term, "I have a very high expectation" of the BRI, he mentioned.
The 'Silk Road Super Ambassador' award rite was once organised via the silk street cities alliance, silk street town institute and Beijing Belt & Road Cooperative neighborhood.
The ambassadors of Pakistan, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Malta, and Bosnia-Herzegovina in China had been conferred with Silk Road Super Ambassador Awards in Beijing on January 24, state-run Global Times reported on Sunday.
The BRI which targets to build major infrastructure projects with Chinese investments world wide is modelled on the ancient silk course.
India has protested to China over CPEC because it traverses thru Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
The massive Chinese investments evoked considerations of debt traps after China bought Sri Lanka's Hambantota port on a 99-year rent as part of a debt switch.
Similarly, massive Chinese loans got under the former Abdullah Yameen govt stoked an identical fears in Maldives. The present govt headed via Ibrahim Mohamed Solih mentioned it is reviewing the Chinese projects.
Pakistan the place China reportedly committed $62 billion for quite a lot of CPEC projects has lately cancelled a power mission to reduce debt burden.
CPEC is regarded as the "flagship project" of the BRI, the daily's file mentioned adding that it covers extensive areas, ranging from transportation to industrial zones.
Pakistan's ambassador to China Masood Khalid advised the Global Times prior to the the award rite that Pakistan has benefited from the CPEC.
"Our cooperation is very broad and is expanding, so we are happy. We are confident that as we move forward, we will see more tangible progress in our cooperation," he mentioned.
The Maldives was once one of the first international locations to enroll in the BRI. Maldives' ambassador to China Mohamed Faisal advised the daily that in the past four to five years, Maldives has won numerous development assistance from China and for the longer term, "I have a very high expectation" of the BRI, he mentioned.
The 'Silk Road Super Ambassador' award rite was once organised via the silk street cities alliance, silk street town institute and Beijing Belt & Road Cooperative neighborhood.
China honours Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives envoys with 'BRI awards'
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