Boycott of G20 meeting shows China can collude with Pakistan to the point of desperation
Posted Date – Wed, 5/24/23 at 12:30pm
Boycott of G20 meeting shows China can collude with Pakistan to the point of desperation
Hyderabad: Ironically, China chose to stay away from the G20 tourism working group meeting in Srinagar on the grounds that it was a “disputed territory”. For a country with territorial hegemony as its core strategy, it is brazenly showing off its force in the region, occupying and plundering territories, systematically forcing some countries into debt traps, and taking the moral high ground on an issue that is not at all controversial is ridiculous. all. The undeniable fact is that Kashmir has been and will continue to be an inalienable part of India. By calling J&K a “disputed territory,” Beijing is showing ludicrous ignorance of the history of the subcontinent. It is clear that China wants to please Pakistan, which is always ready to take orders from it in international forums. Fortunately, the international community has been able to see through this malicious game plan and is well aware of the questionable relationship between Beijing and Islamabad. While New Delhi has been rightly asserting that the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir “is and will always be an integral part of India”, China is taking every opportunity to challenge India’s decision to abolish Article 370 and secession. A country notorious for grabbing the land of its neighbors has voiced concern over “disputed” territory like the devil quoting scripture. In February last year, the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Indian Lok Sabha that in the past 60 years, China has illegally occupied about 38,000 square kilometers of Indian territory within the federal territory of Ladakh.
The ministry has said that under the 1963 China-Pakistan border agreement – never recognized by India – Pakistan ceded 5,180 square kilometers of territory illegally occupied by India in the Sakskan Valley to China. The fact that China’s high-stakes Belt and Road Initiative – a transnational, multimodal infrastructure development project – passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir shows that Beijing does not respect India’s territorial integrity. China has repeatedly stated that the Kashmir dispute should be resolved in accordance with the UN Charter, Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements. Beijing’s own record of adhering to agreements with India is pathetic. India recently told China unequivocally that violating these agreements has eroded the foundations of the bilateral relationship. The boycott of the G20 meeting shows the depths of desperation that a duplicity China can sink to when it colludes with Pakistan. However, Beijing’s own goal strengthened rather than weakened India’s G20 presidency. This is not the first time Beijing’s relationship with Islamabad has been showcased at an international forum. In the past, China has repeatedly thwarted attempts by the United Nations to designate terrorists operating in Pakistan as designated global terrorists. China’s consistent strategy of politicizing the fight against global terrorism has exposed its duplicity.
