Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Liu Jian allayed fears of the Indian government about Pakistan handing over management of Gwadar Port to China.
Speaking at a function, the ambassador said the transfer of management is in the economic interest of the peoples of China and Pakistan.
He rubbished rumours that China would use this port for military purposes and said this was absolutely baseless.
He said no one should be worried or annoyed by Pakistan handing over Gwadar Port to China.
Jian said Pakistan should give more attention to its economic development, adding that Gwadar Port would play an important role to this end.
According to one report, Pakistanis pitched the deal as an energy and trade corridor that would connect China to Arabian Sea and Strait of Hormuz, a gateway for a third of the worldÂ’s traded oil, overland through an expanded Karakoram Highway.
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