China Bolsters Its String of Pearls India Will Not Hold Talks
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Under the frame- for holding talks with Taliban but not Kashmiri stakeholders ith China inking an work agreement, China will Wagreement with fund 70 per cent of the invest- PNS n NEW DELHI attend peace talks in Moscow. Myanmar to build a deep sea ment for the project and Omar had pointed fingers port there in the Bay of Bengal, Myanmar will pitch in the utting all the speculations to at the Government for not India’s security establishment remaining 30 per cent. The ini- Prest, the Ministry of holding “non-official” dialogue will monitor this development tial phase of the project will External Affairs (MEA) on with non-mainstream stake- as this is the third port built by include two berths with a total Friday said it will not hold any holders to resolve the Jammu & China in its neighbourhood investment of $1.3 billion, talks with the Taliban. The Kashmir issue and was instead thereby encircling India and according to the agreement. A MEA clarified that it had never participating in the meeting posing a threat to country’s joint venture will be set up to said Indian representatives at which includes Taliban repre- strategic and economic inter- construct and operate the port. an Afghan peace summit will sentatives. ests. The other two ports are in The signing of the framework be holding talks with the mil- “If “non-official” partici- Gwadar, Pakistan and agreement marks a significant itant group. pation in a dialogue that Hambantota in Sri Lanka. step for the port project, which Addressing a Press confer- includes the Taliban is accept- Though China has always has been stalled since 2015, and ence, MEA spokesperson able to the Modi Government denied its efforts to flex its for the continued implemen- Raveesh Kumar said no such why not a “non-official” dia- muscle in the Indian Ocean tation of the China-proposed discussions with Taliban rep- logue with non-mainstream and Bay of Bengal in the coun- Belt and Road initiative (BRI), resentatives will be held in the stakeholders in J&K? Why not try’s neighbourhood, the build- which has come under Moscow format meeting on a “non-official” dialogue cen- ing of ports and roads emanate Navy is rapidly modernising China and Myanmar acquired Sri Lanka’s increased scrutiny because of Afghanistan. “There is no ques- talks with the Taliban but not tered around J&K’s eroded from the “String of Pearls” and has started patrols in the signed an agreement to build Hambantota port on debt swap the cases such as the Kyaukpyu tion of holding talks with Kashmiri stakeholders. autonomy & its restoration?” philosophy of the eastern Indian Ocean region in the last the deep sea port project in in the Indian Ocean. port project, the report said. Taliban. We just said we will be Kumar further said India is Omar wrote on his Twitter neighbour. China has persis- few years thereby posing a Kyaukpyu town after negotia- The Chinese consortium The Chinese consortium participating in the meeting on just part of the meeting as it handle. tently denied of building strate- new challenge to India’s mar- tions dragged for years due to led by State-owned conglom- first won the bid to construct the Afghanistan which will be host- supports the reconciliation Moscow on Friday hosted gic network of ports to encir- itime interests. Though the financing and other issues, erate Citic Group signed the port in December 2015 with an ed with its President Ashraf process. “If any process is con- international talks on cle India. It means China is fos- Chinese Navy submarines and State-run Global Times report- framework agreement with the estimated investment of $7 bil- Ghani,” Kumar said. sistent with our policy on Afghanistan aimed at kick tering close ties with all the warships patrol in the interna- ed on Friday. China is also Kyaukpyu Special Economic lion but further development This clarification comes in Afghanistan, then we will be starting direct negotiations countries located around India tional waters, the Indian secu- developing deep water strategic Zone Management Committee was halted due to disagreement the backdrop of former Jammu part of it. We have already between Kabul and Taliban by extending financial help rity establishment is keeping a Gwadar port in Pakistan in the on the development of the between the two sides over and Kashmir Chief Minister made it clear that our partici- militant group, both of whom and building infrastructure. close watch on China’s growing Arabian Sea which faces the Kyaukpyu, deep-sea port, at a details of the project’s funding. Omar Abdullah slamming the pation is at a non-official level,” sent delegations. Moreover, the Chinese maritime prowess. Mumbai coast. It has also ceremony in the Myanmar Continued on Page 7 Centre on reports for holding he said. Afghan leaders, Taliban Continued on Page 7 Modi to attend swearing-in of LPG cylinder price hiked by `2 Cong backing urban Maoists: PM Maldives Prez-elect on Nov 17 PNS n NEW DELHI Urges Bastar to teach Congress a lesson in Chhattisgarh polls he LPG cylinder in your PNS n NEW DELHI Raveesh Kumar said the PM Tkitchen has become expen- PNS n JAGDALPUR urban Maoists,’’ the Prime cameraman and jawans of vasi’’? He reiterated that the BJP has accepted Solih’s invite to sive by about `2 once again this Minister remarked at a huge security forces were killed by Government at the Centre as ending out a huge message attend the ceremony “with month. The second increase in rime Minister Narendra rally in famous Lal Bagh Maoists but shamefully the well as in Chhattisgarh had Son the revival of ties, the pleasure”. Kumar, however, the month is a result of the Oil PModi hit the campaign trail ground at Jagdalpur, head- Congress called them (Maoists) been leaving no stone unturned Ministry of External Affairs on made it clear that it is not a Ministry’s decision to increase in Chhattisgarh on Friday from quarters of restive Bastar region. Krantikari’’. to improve life quality in Bastar. Friday said Prime Minister “bilateral visit”. the commission paid to LPG Naxal hotbed Bastar and lashed “I urge the people of Bastar He also slammed the Bastar region which is Narendra Modi will attend the “In keeping with its neigh- dealers. If you have a 14.2 kg out at the Congress for alleged- to teach the Congress leaders a Congress for ignoring the poor made up of seven districts, has swearing-in ceremony of bourhood first policy, India subsidised LPG cylinder, it will `24.20 respectively in ly backing the urban Maoists lesson in this election. They on for decades. “The Congress 12 Assembly seats. The Maldivian president-elect looks forward to closely work- now cost you `507.42 in Delhi, September 2017. and urged tribal people to one hand try to shield the always considers the poor, Congress had bagged eight Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on ing with Maldives in further `505.05 in Mumbai, `495.39 in “Pending finalisation of De- teach the Congress a lesson in urban Maoists while on the Dalits, tribals and the margin- seats while the BJP four in the November 17. deepening the partnership,” Chennai and `505.05 in Novo Study for revision of LPG the Assembly polls. other hand they speak about alised as their vote bank. It was last Assembly polls in 2013. This will be Modi’s first Kumar said. The PM will also Kolkata. distributors’ commission and “Urban Maoists live in air- freeing Chhattisgarh from Atal Bihari Vajpayeeji who The BJP is expecting to visit to the Maldives after visit Singapore to take part in This followed an order of taking into consideration the conditioned house, their child Maoist menace,’’ Modi opined thought about their welfare improve its tally this time in assuming office. In March the 13th East Asia Summit and the Oil Ministry that raised the increase in transportation costs, study abroad, they roam in at the rally. While referring to and created a Tribal Affairs Bastar. Chhattisgarh goes to 2015, his visit was cancelled other meetings on November dealer’s commission. In that wages etc, it has been decided to costly cars while they keep a recent incident in which a Ministry,’’ the Prime Minister polls in two phases on owing to the volatile political 14 and 15, Kumar said at a order, the Ministry said the revise the distributors’ commis- tribal in poverty and back- public broadcaster DD’s cam- said. He added, “The people in November 12 and 20 to elect situation in that country. media briefing. Solih had won domestic LPG distributors’ sion to `50.58 per 14.2 kg cylin- wardness. Can we forgive these eraman and three jawans were the Congress have born with a the new 90-member State Announcing Modi’s day- the Maldives presidential elec- commission for 14.2-kg cylin- der and `25.29 per 5 kg cylin- urban Maoists? Why is the killed by Maoists in silver spoon, how will they Assembly.