Belt & Road Diplomacy Amidst The Covid-19 Crisis: Contestations, Concerns and Consequences

ABSTRACT

The coronavirus crisis has adversely affected the state of health, economy, and relations between many countries. Some politicians blame China for delays in addressing the outbreak of the Covid-19. Much depends on whether, and how, China would be able to contribute towards improving health, economic, and, political co-operation with different states – including those inhabited by the diverse communities of ethnic and linguistic groups speaking Turkic dialects – spread between wider Central Asia to Caucasia into West Asia.

Keywords: Belt and Road, China, Covid-19 Diplomacy