China always try to interrupt in the matter of India.
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What will be discussed at the China Indian Ocean Region forum?
The forum was “the first high-level official development cooperation forum jointly held by China and countries in the Indian Ocean Region,” according to a statement from the CIDCA, China’s new development aid organisation, which is currently led by former vice foreign minister Luo Zhaohui. “Over 100 participants, including senior officials from 19 countries bordering the Indian Ocean,” the statement continued.
Which nations have supported the forum?
“High-level representatives” and “senior officials” from 19 nations, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran, Oman, South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Djibouti, and Australia, attended the forum, according to the organizers.
But at least two of those nations—Australia and the Maldives—subsequently issued denials of the claim, highlighting the fact that they did not take part formally. Both the former president of the Maldives, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, and the former prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, were said to have virtually joined the meeting.
Insisting that “participation by people” did not qualify as official representation, the Maldives Foreign Ministry said that “there was no official representation.” No Australian Government official attended the Kunming China-Indian Ocean Forum on Development Cooperation, according to a tweet from Australia’s High Commissioner in Delhi, Barry O’Farrell. He pointedly stated that this was “the only ministerial-level forum for Indian Ocean” and mentioned that Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts had attended another forum, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) council meet.
India’s position is what?
India was invited to the forum since it is “a big country in the Indian Ocean region,” according to CIDCA spokesperson Xu Wei, who also said that China “looks forward to meeting India at the next event.” That possibility seems implausible. A Chinese military tracking vessel, the Yuan Wang 5, recently paid a visit to Sri Lanka, and New Delhi has been wary of China’s previous movements in the area. Additionally, India views the IORA as a platform that has already been formed for the area. The IORA has 23 members, including Australia and the Maldives, and 10 conversation partners, including China, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
What plans does China have for the IOR?
The first “China-Indian Ocean Region Forum” was organised by China’s top development aid organisation in Kunming, in the southwest of the country.
India was invited to the forum since it is “a big country in the Indian Ocean region,” according to CIDCA spokesperson Xu Wei, who also said that China “looks forward to meeting India at the next event.”
The forum has highlighted China’s increased interest in the IOR, where it is already a significant trading partner for the majority of nations and where there are sea routes that are important to China’s economic interests.
