By Our Reporter
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in his conclusion remarks to the second forum for BRI in Beijing on Saturday.
Highlighting the benefits the global community can derive from BRI, President Xi said “All interested countries are welcome to join us.”
“While the Belt and Road Initiative was launched by China, its opportunities and outcomes are shared by the world,” he said.
Launched in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative has widely become popular among the developing countries of South though the West, including Europe and even India has seen BRI as China’s effort to increase its global influence, primarily through the financing and construction of rail, sea and other transportation routes running from Asia to Europe and Africa.
Xi said that participants in the Belt and Road agreed to pursue high quality development. In addition to more traditional areas of economic connection, he said the programme would encourage the development of digital infrastructure.
The Chinese President said that companies participating in a corporate event held as part of the forum reached more than $64 billion in agreements. He added that ahead of the forum, and even during the course of it, the countries reached “283 deliverables” including inter-governmental cooperation agreements and “practical cooperation projects.”
“As the host of the forum China will release a deliverables list,” Xi said.
The U.S. and India were among the countries that didn’t send official representatives to this year’s forum, while Russian President Vladimir Putin attended.
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