America will
now also be included in the 'One Belt One Road' (OBOR) Forum to be held on May
14 and 15 in Beijing. The US has suddenly decided to join China's 'One Belt,
One Road' forum, taking a sudden u-turn. This move of the US is going to put a
lot of pressure on India because so far India has not taken any decision to
send its representative in China's 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative. India
believes that China did not create an atmosphere for trust for its project.
The biggest
example of China's nefarious intentions is the China-Pakistan Economic
Corridor. China is in the process of connecting Xinjiang with Gwadar port by
CPEC, which he has built in Balochistan.
While
ignoring India's sovereignty, Beijing is passing it from the
Gilgit-Balochistan region, on which India claims.
If India
does not send any representative in the OBOR forum yet it will not cause any significant loss to India because OBOR is not a membership-based organization. In
fact, in the future, this move of India should be appreciated that it remained
firm on its theoretical side. According to Delhi sources, it would be better if India sent diplomatic officials of junior level as a delegate and avoided
sending high-level delegates.
Some Indian
experts can also join this forum meeting. Representatives of more than 50
countries and representatives from institutions like World Bank will
participate in this meeting.
Participating
America in this meeting is a political decision, but it seems that America is
going to play an economic partnership in which China's commitment to buying
American beef under the '100 Day Plan' agreement. On the other hand, Washington
has to allow Chinese banks to expand in the US.
According to
Jagannath Panda, who is doing research at the Institute for Defense Studies and
Analysis in New Delhi, "India is in Kashmir with the OBOR, India has to
take a decision keeping in mind the decision of the US. It is a strong signal
that the Trump Administration is trying to give a new dimension to US-China
relations. "
America is
sending an inter-agency representative team headed by Matthew Pottinger.
Matthew Trump is the top consultant of the Administration and the NSA is senior
director of East Asia.
America is
now indifferent to the Chinese-dominated project, now America has joined the
group of developed countries (Britain and Germany) who are sending their
representatives to Beijing. The US says that with its presence, it will
pressurize China to make its plans more transparent and it will adhere to
international standards in the case of environment and labor in the project.
Japan and
South Korea, who hold military differences with China, agreed to send their
representatives to Beijing. While Vietnam and Indonesia, who have differences
on the issue of Southern China Sea, will also send their official
representative China. Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka will also participate in
this.
China claims
that it will be a situation of profit for all countries, though it is doubtful that
Beijing will be able to divide the benefits of the project, considering the
pressure of Chinese companies. There are plans to build 6 economic corridors in
this project but no reliable maps have been provided so far. It will be
developed over time.
Tom Miller,
author of China's Asian Dream, said, "How will this roadmap be, will it
depend entirely on the agreement with Chinese companies or other Chinese
government countries? Nobody knows what they are going to do.
----Sonal