Apparently targeting India, Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Tuesday said 'foreign forces' are trying to destabilise this country and its crucial economic corridor with China.

Speaking at a seminar on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in the coastal town of Gwadar, he said India had openly opposed the $46 billion (About Rs 3 lakh crore) project.

"The CPEC is a deep manifestation of the time-tested relations between China and Pakistan. But there are foreign forces who, realising the potential of CPEC and wanting an influential role in the region, are working to destabilise Pakistan and the project," he said.

The army chief said hostile intelligence agencies are averse to the CPEC but 'we will not allow anyone to create impediments and turbulence in any part of Pakistan'.

He said he had told the international community not to just acknowledge the contribution of Pakistan in the fight against terrorism but to stop external forces from helping facilitators and abettors of terrorism in Pakistan.

He said work on the CPEC was progressing at a fast pace and already 675 kilometres of roads had been completed in just two years' time.