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China's ambitious Belt and Road forum ended on Monday with President Xi Jinping announcing the next summit for 2019 and hailing the project as the "road to peace." The summit in Beijing was attended by leaders of 29 countries.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin, Pakistani and Sri Lankan Prime Ministers Nawaz Sharif and Ranil Wickremesinghe were present at the two-day summit, India's absence in the meet was conspicuous.
India skipped the forum in opposition to the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, which India claims.
Citing its objection to CPEC, India on Saturday said "it cannot accept a
