CHINA SCORES BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE VERY HIGH SIX YEARS AFTER

Chinese leader Xi Jinping

Six years after President Xi Jinping of China conceived and initiated the Belt and Road Initiative, the initiative that seeks to connect China with the rest of the world in the area of trade, infrastructural development and more, China has been counting its benefits saying it is a win win for all the countries involved.

Speaking at the special Leaders Round table at the close of the three days Belt and Road forum themed Belt and Road Cooperation ...shaping a brighter shared future, President Xi said the future of the BRF is very bright.

The three days event which held in Beijing from 25 to 27 April 2019 had 12 thematic forums,  CEO Conference meetings and a leaders round table chaired by President Xi himself.

In a press briefing to announce the event earlier, Beijing state Counselor and Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi had explained how the Belt and Road initiative had successfully worked since inception adding that since 2017, over 50 cooperation agreements had been signed 88 joint statements released and that Chinese relationships and cooperation with many other countries had been on a high note.

According to Wang, trade volumes have increased just like booming construction culture in benefiting countries has escalated in construction of railways, airports, roads, power, telecoms etc to the benefits of all the countries.

Continued Wang “China has agreements with over 124 countries, 29 international agencies and many multilateral MOU have been signed.

Wang also said that some of the countries involved in the Belt and Road initiative are already benefitting in the all round connectivity through infrastructural construction.

These countries include Mongolia, Thailand, Belgium, Austria, Russia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya etc.

By Fred Iwenjora

...with agency reports