Willing To Extend Economic Corridor With Pakistan To Afghanistan: China


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New Delhi has been critical of projects in Indian territory illegally occupied by Pakistan. Beijing/Islamabad: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has offered to support the extension of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan, days after India slammed a bid by China and Pakistan to encourage third countries to be part of their ambitious connectivity corridor that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Mr Wang made the offer to Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan's Interim Government Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi on Thursday when they met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. "China...