New Delhi: Defence expert Lieutenant General (retired) Raj Kadyan has said that the agreement between China and Pakistan is a cause for worry as far as India is concerned, adding that the project will be of commercial as well as strategic importance for Beijing.
"It is a cause for worry China and India are two big countries and China will try all it can to ensure that it has a foothold in all the neighbouring nations, which is why it had extended help to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. India is also trying its best to ensure that the threat of China can be contained," Lt. Gen. (retired) Kadyan told a news agency.
"China`s aid to Pakistan will be of strategic as well as commercial importance. The commercial reason is that China has started construction on the Karakoram Highway in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) so that its oil can travel from the Gwadar Port via land, rather than the more vulnerable sea route that skirts around India," he added.
On Monday, China President Xi Jinping signed agreements with Pakistan promising investment of USD 46 billion, with the focus of spending to be along the super highway.
