In his speech, Jaishankar made an urgent call for a “more representative” UN.
CPEC was launched in 2015 as part of China’s signature Belt and Road Initiative, aimed at bolstering regional connectivity through significant infrastructure development.
India maintains that the project violates its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
In his speech Saturday, Jaishankar attributed Pakistan’s dismal economic situation to its “conscious choices” and neighbourhood “misdeeds”.
“Countries get left behind due to circumstances beyond their control, but some make conscious choices with disastrous consequences,” he said.
Unfortunately, the misdeeds affect others as well, especially the neighbourhood”.
The foreign minister taunted Islamabad saying “its GDP can only be measured in terms of radicalisation and its exports in the form of terrorism”. »