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"(Pakistan) Prime Minister's Assistant Mansour: The United States colluded with India to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Pakistan's "Dawn" news on the 24th, Pakistan's Prime Minister's special assistant for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor affairs Mansour on the 23rd slammed the United States and India for colluding to conspire to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under construction and undermine Pakistan's economic lifeline.
Pakistan's Dawn Newspaper: "(Pakistan) Assistant Prime Minister Mansour: U.S. colludes with India to sabotage CPEC"
According to reports, Mansour made this statement when attending a "China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Summit" held in Karachi on the same day on the 23rd.
"One thing is clear from the emerging geostrategic landscape: with India's support, the United States is hostile to CPEC, and they will not let it succeed." That requires us to take a stand. Mansour said.
Mansour, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
The report said that the United States and India have always "tried to manipulate Pakistan and get Pakistan to withdraw from China's 'Belt and Road' initiative", but "Pakistan will not give up any interests."" Pakistan has more than once in the past wounded its finger in the Western Alliance." He added that attempts by these countries to downplay China's influence in the region would fail.
The Dawn newspaper said that Mansour also mentioned his conversation with the personnel of the US Embassy in Pakistan in his speech. "I told them that CPEC was also open to them. They have also expressed the expectation of some kind of engagement and said they would see what benefits it would do to both countries. Mansour described the response of U.S. officials at the time.
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a landmark project for the belt and road initiative, which began construction in 2013. In 2015, the Chinese and Pakistani governments determined the "1+4" cooperation layout centered on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and focusing on Gwadar Port, energy, transportation infrastructure and industrial cooperation. At present, the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has entered a new stage of high-quality development, focusing on cooperation in the fields of agriculture, society and people's livelihood.
Earlier, The Pakistani Prime Minister's Special Assistant for China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Affairs Mansour said in a joint interview with Chinese media in Islamabad that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is one of the most important projects to achieve Pakistan's economic recovery and will create a win-win situation for the common economic development of Pakistan and China.