There is no secret agenda in CPEC, says Yao Jing

Islamabad: Chinese ambassador in Pakistan Yao Jing has said the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor carried no hidden agenda.

In an interview with a Pakistani television channel here, he said the CPEC was a mutual project between Beijing and Islamabad that would benefit the people from south Asian region and the world.

He affirmed the CPEC contained inclusive and special packages and plans. To a question, the Chinese envoy said a few individuals and countries issued controversial statements and expressed their concerns against the CPEC, which was their right.

Without naming the United States, India and other anti-CPEC nations, the envoy continued by saying: “I want to say from the core of my heart that neither anything exists in the CPEC to hide nor is there any hidden agenda in it.”

Yao Jing said: “I invite all the countries having concerns against the CPEC to visit Pakistan, see the project, our close cooperation, sincerity in it and benefits for the people of this region to have a better understanding of the real motive behind the corridor.” That is how these countries could have better attitudes towards the CPEC, he added.