The B&RI’s flagship project is the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which includes projects in the Gilgit-Baltistan region, ignoring India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
B&RI infrastructure structure smacks of Chinese neocolonialism, and could cause an unsustainable debt burden for communities with an adverse impact on the environment in the partner countries.
There is a lack of transparency in China’s agenda, indicating that India believes the B&RI is not just an economic project but one that China is promoting for political control.
These concerns are no doubt valid, and the refusal to join the B&RI till China addresses the objection over Gilgit-Baltistan is understandable.
