China hopes Indian leaders to be present at next OBOR meet

Chinese consul-general Ma Zhanwu here today expressed disappointment over Prime Minister Narendra Modi not attending the recently concluded OBOR meet in Beijing and hoped that Indian leadership would attend the next meeting in 2019 at the same venue.

"China had invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers to the One Belt One Road (OBOR) meet in Beijing. However, they did not find it convenient to attend the meet. Some Indian scholars had attended," Ma Zhanwu said at a Calcutta Chamber of



Commerce session on Indo-China relationship.

He said that representatives from 130 countries had attended the OBOR meet. 

Zhanwu said the idea behind OBOR was not to form a small bloc against any country, but to explore the possibilities of working together.

China's foreign policy was guided by the five principles of 'Panchsheel', Zhanwu said, adding his country always believed in non-aggression and peaceful co-existence with the neighbours.