The Ministry of External Affairs" (MEA) Spokesperson Gopal Baglay (MEA) said, "Guided by our principled position in the matter, we have been urging China to engage in a meaningful dialogue on its connectivity initiative, "One Belt, One Road" which was later renamed as "Belt and Road Initiative'".
After the MoUs and agreements were signed, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Sharif that the bilateral ties remain "a priority for China" and Beijing was willing to enrich the "all-weather" strategic and cooperative partnership with Pakistan.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reached Beijing on Saturday and felicitated his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang for organising the global forum to highlight One Belt One Road Initiative.
The OBOR aims to enhance connectivity and cooperation among countries, primarily between China and the rest of Asia and Europe through land as well as maritime routes.China had sent a draft proposal on OBOR to Nepal late in 2016.
Establishment of the Havelian Dry Port in Pakistan.
China has not announced who North Korea's chief delegate will be, but South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Kim Yong Jae, North Korea's minister of external economic relations, would lead the delegation.
A key part of OBOR is China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a 3,000 km project connecting Pakistan's deep-water port Gwadar and China's Xinjiang.
India and Japan have shown reluctance to attend the summit.
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The China Development Bank alone has earmarked US$890 billion for some 900 projects.
Three agreements were signed pertaining to economic and technical cooperation worth 3.4 billion yuan (about United States dollars 490 million) for the strategic Gwadar port in southern Pakistan and East Bay expressway, a 19 kilometre controlled access road under construction in Gwadar.
New Zealand was the first Western nation to sign up to the ambitious transnational infrastructure programme during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in March.
Agreement on economic and technical cooperation (1.1 billion RMB) ($160 million) for the East Bay Expressway linking Gwadar to Pakistan's existing highway system. He said investments that China is making in India, Pakistan, for the reconstruction of Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asia will serve as a bridge. Therefore, in his opinion, it's no fresh news for India that China-Pakistan transportation connections and related cooperation surpass the Kashmir region.
Former Indian Ambassador to China Ashok K Kantha said that India and China has lot of space for bilateral engagement but that should not be "contingent" on India joining or giving a blanket endorsement for OBOR.
"You reporters should focus on the theme of developing together, not what we (China) do with certain countries because that could make other countries uncomfortable", the official said.
"International capacity cooperation is an important approach for jointly building the Belt and Road", Ning Jizhe, deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference on Friday.
Sharif also reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment for completion of early harvest projects under CPEC.
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