BEIJING, Jan 9 (APP):While refuting a media report that China was allegedlybuilding a military base in Pakistan, a spokesperson of the Chinese ForeignMinistry Tuesday suggested that it was not necessary for the outside worldto make too much guesses in this regard.
“I am not aware of which you mentioned,” Lu Kang said while responding to aquestion about alleged building of a Chinese military base in Pakistan,during his regular press briefing held here.
He said that building of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was animportant part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and both China andPakistan were also making efforts to build the CPEC which was in the commoninterest of people and the countries along the route.
“So, I don’t think it is necessary for outside world to make too muchguesses in this regard,” he added.The spokesperson of Pakistan’s Foreign Office had already rejected such areport saying that there was no proposal of building any Chinese Militarybase nearGwadar.
“This is all propaganda against the development of CPEC and strengtheningof relations between Pakistan and China,” he added.