'A foreign policy disaster': What Indian papers say about Modi's boycott of OBOR
As dozens of world leaders arrived in Beijing to attend the “Belt and Road Forum" hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, India refused to send an official delegation to the summit.
India has maintained that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor - a flagship project of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative ─ is a violation of its sovereignty and therefore, cannot be accepted. India remains particularly incensed that projects under CPEC cut through the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Three major Indian news publications in their editorials or opeds have largely criticised India's refusal to attend the summit in Beijing, calling it a failure the country's foreign policy and diplomacy.
Others maintained that India's reservations regarding Beijing's OBOR initiative are valid.