Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says the One Belt and One Road Initiative will eventually become a sign of Pakistan-China friendship. In a tweet, he said it will be an icon for bilateral friendship since both countries are charting new frontiers. The Foreign Minister said the Great Wall of ...

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb has said that one belt one road initiative by President Xi Jinping would prove instrumental to establishing cultural linkage between China and Pakistan. During a meeting with Ambassador of China to Pakistan Yao Jing in Islamabad, she ...

*KOLKATA - *A top Chinese envoy to India has attempted to deflect India's direct concerns on the strategic One Belt, One Road project by attributing a large portion of the work that needs to be done to other Asian nations -- and not only to the communist nation. "OBOR was born in China but it ...

HONG KONG: Countries in Europe and other parts of the world are reportedly offering resistance to China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) project. According to a chinascope.org report, countries like Germany and France see OBOR as an initiative that could result in a struggle between democracy ...

China has invited Latin American and Caribbean countries to join its One Belt, One Road initiative. The invitation was extended by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a meeting of thirty-three members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States in Santiago. He said China will always ...

NEW DELHI - After opposing China’s plan since its inception, India has now said that it is open to any suggestion on the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project if its sensitivities are taken into account.The statement was made by the Ministry of External Affairs after Russia urged it to find a way to ...

BEIJING: Sri Lanka last week completed the formal handover of the port of Hambantota to China on a 99-year lease. The deal, welcomed by the Sri Lankan government, stirred alarm in New Delhi.Colombo has repeatedly assured India that the port is intended purely for civilian purposes and won’t be ...

NEW DELHI: Russia threw its weight behind China’s massive Belt and Road plan to build trade and transport links across Asia and beyond, suggesting to India on Monday that it find a way to work with Beijing on the signature project.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) Indian Foreign Minister ...

Sri Lanka has joined China's One Belt One Road Initiative with the launch of operations at Hambantota Port through a joint venture with China.The port was handed over to China Merchant Ports Holdings on a 99-year lease agreement at a ceremony in Colombo on Saturday.Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil ...

BEIJING - In a reflection of how China's leader Xi Jinping is personally pushing his pet One Belt, One Road (OBOR) global infrastructure initiative, the Communist Party of China (CPC) congress today passed an amendment to the party constitution to specifically mention the plan.As the ...