China silent on Pakistan's allegations against India on terrorism; calls for security for CPEC


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BEIJING: China on Monday evaded a direct response to Pakistan's allegations that India was behind some of the terror attacks in that country, as Beijing put the onus of providing effective security for the USD 60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor ( CPEC ) on Islamabad. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing here that "China opposes all forms of terrorism and calls on the international community, especially regional countries, to cooperate in fighting terrorism and safeguard collective security." The CPEC connecting China's Xinjiang province to Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port in Balochistan is an "important pioneering project...