Gwadar airport opening boosts China-Pakistan ties but raises India’s concerns
The US$230 million state-of-the-art airport, which spans 430 acres in southwestern Pakistan, is central to China’s US$65 billion CPEC project to develop Gwadar into a pivotal trade and transport hub.
Antoine Levesques, a research fellow for South and Central Asian Defence, Strategy and Diplomacy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), said that while India does not seek Pakistan’s economic decline, the regional rival has deep-seated misgivings about CPEC.