'Belt and Road Initiative' is sometimes mentioned in the news in the context of the affairs of

China. The Belt and Road Initiative is China's programme. China's foreign ministry reports that Xi Jinping proposed the Silk Road Economic Belt in Kazakhstan on 7 September 2013. The Council on Foreign Relations says the plan had two parts, an overland belt and a maritime road. The question comes from the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary paper of 2016.

In which country did Xi Jinping propose the Silk Road Economic Belt on 7 September 2013?

Kazakhstan. China's foreign ministry reports that Xi spoke at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan on 7 September 2013. He proposed jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt. The Council on Foreign Relations says the initiative was announced during visits to Kazakhstan and Indonesia. Indonesia is where he spoke about the maritime road on 3 October 2013.

According to Reuters and RFE/RL in April 2015, what was the value of the China-Pakistan energy and infrastructure plan?

USD 46 billion. Reuters reported on 20 April 2015 that China and Pakistan launched a plan worth USD 46 billion. RFE/RL gave the same figure for the Pakistan-China Economic Corridor. The Council on Foreign Relations later reports an analysts' estimate of USD 62 billion. The figure of USD 1.12 billion belongs to the Hambantota deal.

Which statement did India's Ministry of External Affairs make about CPEC in its statement of 13 May 2017?

No country can accept a project that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity. The MEA statement of 13 May 2017 said no country can accept a project that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity. A Rajya Sabha reply of 12 December 2019 repeats the sovereignty concern. It says CPEC passes through parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh under illegal occupation of Pakistan.

What did the Ministry of External Affairs tell the Rajya Sabha on 24 July 2025 about expanding CPEC projects to third countries?

It was unacceptable. The MEA reply of 24 July 2025 said any expansion of the so-called CPEC projects to third countries is unacceptable. It referred to a China-Pakistan-Afghanistan meeting in Beijing on 21 May 2025. ThePrint recorded a Chinese readout that the three sides decided on expanding CPEC to Afghanistan.

On which date did the Italian government announce that it would not renew its Belt and Road MoU?

6 December 2023. CSIS says the Italian government formally announced on 6 December 2023 that it would not renew the 2019 MoU. The agreement was set to expire in March 2024. The Green Finance and Development Center also lists Italy's exit in December 2023. Italy had signed in March 2019.

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