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| India-Pakistan |
| China says unaware of Gwadar port proposal |
| 2011-05-25 |
| BEIJING: China said on Tuesday it had not heard of Pakistan’s proposal for Beijing to help it build a naval port. Oh no, course not, it'll be forced on them... Pakistani Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said on Saturday that his government wanted China to build it a naval base at the deep water port of Gwadar, in the latest sign of moves to bolster ties with Beijing after strains with Washington over the US operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said she had no knowledge beforehand of the naval port proposal and it had not been discussed during Gilani’s visit. “Regarding the specific China-Pakistan cooperative project that you raised, I have not heard of it,” Jiang told a regular news conference in Beijing. “It’s my understanding that during the visit last week this issue was not touched upon." Analysts say Mukhtar’s statement seemed to be aimed at showing the United States that Pakistan had a diplomatic alternative in its old ally Beijing if its ties with Washington faltered. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 All together now, + let Al Bundy feel it - AAAWWAKKKWWAARRDD. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-25 01:46 |