China has reportedly helped Islamabad with its air defence and satellite support during the recent India-Pakistan standoff and escalation, revealed reports citing an Indian think tank associated with the defence ministry on Monday.
The development has now raised concerns among the regional experts, like Prawin Sawhney, who see this as dangerous in what he termed has turned into "a unified reinforced front of Pakistan and China against India."
Ashok Kumar, Director General at the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies in New Delhi, said that China assisted Pakistan in reorganising its radar and air defence systems, enabling them to more effectively detect Indian troop and weaponry deployments, according to the report.
“It helped them to redeploy their air defence radar so that any actions which we do from the aerial route are known to them," Kumar told reporters.
This means that Beijing has almost direct involvement rather than what was seen as a mere backing, it claimed.
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The report further claims that the Chinese satellite network has helped Pakistan in accessing the real-time situation analysis on the ground, as China maintains a robust satellite coverage network system.
On Monday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar left for a three-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to a report by a state-owned media outlet.
There is nothing hidden, as the Pakistani side openly admitted using Chinese weapons in the recent standoff, according to reports.
While New Delhi has maintained relative silence over Chinese involvement, efforts are going from the Indian government to expose terrorism and Chinese involvement in the conflict by sending out diplomatic delegations to the friendly nations.
China has condemned the April terror attack in Kashmir, which claimed 26 civilian lives, adding that it “opposes all forms of terrorism.”
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