India's snub over 'Belt and Road' forum highlights gulf with China
The strong move by the Modi govt risks leaving New Delhi isolated, say Chinese commentators and Indian specialists
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CHINA invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and six Cabinet colleagues to its "new Silk Road" summit this month, even offering to rename a flagship Pakistani project running through disputed territory to persuade them to attend, a top official in Mr Modi's ruling group and diplomats said.
But New Delhi rebuffed Beijing's diplomatic push, incensed that a key project in its massive initiative to open land and sea corridors linking China with the rest of Asia and beyond runs through Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
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