{"id":34550,"date":"2023-09-08T12:18:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T09:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/biden-heads-to-g20-in-new-delhi-ready-to-counter-xis-belt-and-road-initiative\/34550\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:18:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T09:18:44","slug":"biden-heads-to-g20-in-new-delhi-ready-to-counter-xis-belt-and-road-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/biden-heads-to-g20-in-new-delhi-ready-to-counter-xis-belt-and-road-initiative\/34550\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden heads to G20 in New Delhi ready to counter Xi\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-before-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>Shipping from India to Europe via the Middle East could be in for the greatest shake-up for generations if president Joe Biden gets his way.<\/p>\n<p>Headed to New Delhi for the G20 summit this weekend, the Biden administration has held discussions with India, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to develop a new intermodal link from South Asia through the Middle East and into Europe with billions of dollars set to be spent on rail and ports in an alternative vision to Chinese president Xi Jinping\u2019s 10-year-old Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an ambitious infrastructure project yoking China with countries around the world, which has run into difficulties of late.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The concept of the new transport corridor under discussion \u2013 and potentially set to be revealed this weekend \u2013 involves ship transit between India and Saudi Arabia, then trains through Saudi Arabia and the UAE, likely to Jordan, then ship transit to Turkey and onward from there by train, according to a report first published by <em>Axios<\/em>, an American news website, and since corroborated by multiple newswires. Negotiations are ongoing and there is speculation that Israel could be added to the transport corridor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Thursday that he could not confirm the infrastructure deal would be announced at the G20. Still, he said the initiative is something \u201cthat we\u2019ve invested effort into with our partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that connectivity from India across the Middle East to Europe is incredibly important and would bring a significant number of economic benefits, as well as strategic benefits, to all of the countries involved,\u201d he told reporters accompanying Biden aboard Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>Italy has made headlines in recent weeks by becoming one of the larger economies to step back from the embrace of China\u2019s BRI; the nation\u2019s defence minister describing the 2019 decision to join the modern Silk Road initiative as \u201catrocious\u201d. Other nations in Asia and Africa are also having second thoughts on the advances made by Beijing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Xi is not expected to attend the G20 summit this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mailmunch-forms-after-post\" style=\"display: none !important;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class=\"stream-item-size\" style=\"\">\n\t    <!-- \/91333190\/SPLASH247_*_Splash247_Article_*_Strip_Slot_*_2 --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2\">\n<script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta post-bottom-tags post-tags-modern\">\n<div class=\"post-bottom-meta-title\"><span class=\"tie-icon-tags\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span> Tags<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"tagcloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/india\/\" rel=\"tag\">India<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/israel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\" rel=\"tag\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/uae\/\" rel=\"tag\">UAE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/splash247.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" rel=\"tag\">United States<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>splash247<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shipping from India to Europe via the Middle East could be in for the greatest shake-up for generations if president Joe Biden gets his way. 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