China is planning to send its troops out looking for the Pakistan-Afghanistan route. They’re to build outposts on which China will station military personnels. With these outposts, China is trying to protect its interests in the area of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong held a meeting with the officials of Pakistan which include the Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto, and Chief of Army General Qamar Javed Bajwa.
In the meeting, the Chinese Ambassador put forward the idea of stationing outposts for the posting of armed personnel. This was the first official meeting of Chinese Ambassador Rong with the new government and representatives of Pakistan.
“China’s People Liberation Army is working at a war scale to establish military outposts in Afghanistan and Pakistan for what it claims would be smoother operations and expansion of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)” quoted top diplomatic and security sources in Islamabad as reported by ANI.
The main purpose of stationing these outposts is to regenerate the interest of the Chinese government in the area. More than regenerating, they seem to be wanting full control over the area by planting the armed personnel.
The Chinese government began strongly insisting on the outposts after they’ve already docked a ship to Sri Lanka’s port on Tuesday morning. The ship has abilities to track satellites and intercontinental missiles.
Chinese Reasons and Pakistani Challenges
China has even begun to pressurize the countries for the allowance needed to build the outposts. They continuously insist on the security of Chinese projects and the safety of its citizens, the source informed.
With the huge imbalance of power, Pakistan is not in the position to deny but might as well rethink the decisions. China has also invested a little more than 60 billion USD so that only adds to the pressure put on Pakistan by the Chinese government.
It sure is a difficult decision that is to be taken by the Pakistani Government as it is a sensitive issue for the public interest. Pakistani people may be uncomfortable with the heavy Chinese military presence in the country.
While fears of being in debt trap lingers on the people the government has yet to take the sensible decision.
