
India has expressed its strong opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its flagship project, the so-called China Pakistan Economic Corridor at the just concluded second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference in Beijing.
Priyanka Sohoni, the first Secretary at the Indian Embassy in Beijing while stating India’s position hit out at China’s BRI where her mike surprisingly went silent precisely at the point when she was highlighting New Delhi’s objection to the controversial projects. The conference was hosted by China in Beijing from the 14th to the 16th of October under the aegis of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.