‘Beijing jealous of CPEC’ – Pakistan reacts to BRICS statement

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Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Islamabad March 6, 2014. Pakistan could launch a full-scale military operation against Pakistani Taliban insurgents in the tribal areas near the Afghan border as early as this month, Asif said, warning insurgents against violating a ceasefire. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT MILITARY)

 

ISLAMABAD – Accusing Beijing of being jealous of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Islamabad has reacted strongly to the statement issued by the leaders of the five emerging market BRICS, wherein groups like the Haqqani Network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Taliban and Jaish-e-Muhammad, were called a ‘regional security concern’.

In a counterstatement issued on Wednesday, the Foreign Office of Pakistan said that like other states in the region, Beijing is envious of the $62 billion project that CPEC is.

“Maybe they just want to join CPEC, and are now throwing tantrums out of envy,” read the Foreign Office statement.

BRICS states that also include Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa, have been accused of listening to India.

“It is suspicious that BRICS is saying things that New Delhi would normally say,” Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said while talking to The Dependent. “I mean what has BRICS got to do with New Delhi?” he asked.

The BRICS statement that does not mention where these groups are situated has further been accused of singling out groups based in Pakistan.

“If Beijing continues to act like this, we will have to ask China to intervene at the UN and prevent any action against the groups mentioned,” said Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan. “Maybe these BRICS don’t know that we have a growing arms deal with Moscow.

8 COMMENTS

  1. What nonsense, editor must have done proof checking before printing the final article. Completely unprofessional.

  2. China has picked the Pakistani scab and now Beijing has decided to discard this scab.

    After all China will now get high interest from its $57 billion from Pakistan (in dollors now instead of rupees)

    Oh dear

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