WASHINGTON: The US Defense Leavement expects China to set up more military bases around the world, including in Pakistan, to protect its investments in 'One Belt One Road' global infrastructure program, according to an official report released on Thursday.According to report, China currently has just one abroad military base, in Djibouti, but is believed planning others, including possibly Pakistan, to advance its projects such as the 'One Belt, One Road' Initiative (OBOR)."China´s advancement of projects such as the ´One Belt, One Road´ Initiative (OBOR) shall probably drive military abroad basing through a perceived need to supply security for OBOR projects," the Pentagon said in its annual report to Congress on Chinese military and security developments."China shall seek to set up additional military bases in countries with which it has a longstanding friendly relationship and similar strategic interests, such as Pakistan," the report said.But target locations for military basing could include the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the western Pacific."China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), publicly released in 2013 and precedingly named &One Belt, One Road,& aims to expand economic and commercial ties to China by financing, constructing, and developing transportation infrastructure, natural gas pipelines, hydropower projects, technology and industrial parks throughout the Indo-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas.
China views BRI as a way to enhance its trade associateivity", the report said.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source.
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