Is China helping Pakistan set up missile sites at PoK?
New Delhi, Oct 11: Amid reports that China is helping Pakistan set up sites for surface-to-air missiles in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a top Indian Army commander on Saturday said there is no indication of any tactical help being extended by Beijing to Islamabad.
Corps Commander of the Army's Srinagar-based Chinar Corps Lt Gen B S Raju, however, said there is military cooperation between Pakistan and China in terms of equipment.
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Amid the continuing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh, media reports quoting intelligence inputs have claimed that China is helping Pakistan set up sites for surface-to-air missiles in PoK as soldiers of their armies have been carrying out joint patrols in the region.
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Gen
Raju
said
there
has
not
been
any
such
indication.
"I
have
seen
the
reports
in
the
media.
Whether
Pakistan
is
helping
China
or
China
is
helping
Pakistan,
we
have
no
such
indication,"
he
told
reporters
on
the
sidelines
of
a
passing
out-cum-attestation
parade
at
the
Jammu
and
Kashmir
Light
Infantry
Regimental
Centre
on
the
outskirts
of
Srinagar.
"But because of the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor), there is the presence of China in Pakistan. The military cooperation in terms of equipment is there, but we are not seeing any tactical help," he said.
According to the reports, the construction work for the installation of surface-to-air missile defence system is being carried out by the Pakistan army and China's People's Liberation Army at Pauli Pir near Lasadanna Dhok of PoK.
Pakistan army personnel and dozens of civilians are working at the construction site, the reports stated.