India aspiring to become US proxy

Chinese response to Indian aggression will strengthen Pakistan’s stance in the northern areas

ISLAMABAD: Befitting response to India on the high-altitude borders would not only protect the Chinese investment in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the region but also help Pakistan for its strategic and development initiatives in the northern parts including Siachen.

Experts said at a webinar on “China-India escalation in Galvan valley – implications for the region and global peace”.

India is aspiring to emerge as a US proxy element against China and other forces in the region, they said at the webinar organised by Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan).

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The main speakers included Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, chairman Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and chairman Pak-China Institute, Defense and international relations expert Lt General (retd) Talat Masood, Researcher and Analyst with BRI Strategy Institute of Tsinghua University in Beijing Zoon Ahmad Khan, and researcher on China-US relation faculty member at the National Defense University (DU) Dr Sameera Imran. Webinar was hosted by the Devcom-Pakistan and DTN Director Munir Ahmed.

Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed said India’s aggressive plans to add Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to its map have been shattered because of the humiliation it faced in the Galvan valley escalation.

Lt General (Retd) Talat Masood said India should understand that China has ability to sufficiently dent the Indian plans and vested interests.

Zoon Ahmad Khan said that the US and their allies feel threatened from BRI that is a mega intervention to improve the economic conditions in different parts of the world through improved connectivity.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28^th, 2020.