India’s strong opposition to China’s BRI at UN conference in Beijing hit by 'sudden technical snag'
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 (CPEC) 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 14th to 16th October under the aegis of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). The sudden “mike failure” at the UN conference ‘hitherto going on smoothly’, created a flutter and took several minutes to restore after which Indian statement could be completed. Sohoni said that expansion and strengthening of physical connectivity is an integral part of India’s economic and diplomatic initiatives. However,...