Italian PM tells China’s premier of plan to quit Belt and Road Initiative: Report
September 10, 2023
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses a press conference at the International Media Center during the G20 summit in New Delhi,India, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo)
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni outlined Italy’s plan to pull out of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the G20 summit, Italian media reported on Sunday.
Italy, seeking to minimise any backlash from the decision from Beijing, would as a replacement aim to revitalise a strategic partnership agreement with China, aimed at fostering economic cooperation, it first signed in 2004.
Italy is the only G7 nation to sign up to the BRI, a global trade and infrastructure plan modelled on the old Silk Road that linked imperial China and the West.
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