Italy's joining China's vast
Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) or 'new Silk Road' will enable
Rome and Beijing to build Italy's ports together, a Chinese
trade ministry spokesman said Thursday.
"We will work together to align the Belt and Road Initiative
with the construction in Italy of northern ports reinforcing
cooperation to our mutual benefit," said Gao Feng.
He said "China has a market in expansion and Italy has a
great number of excellent companies, especially SMEs".
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday in Rome signed the
memorandum of understanding with Italy on the BRI - a massive
infrastructure plan that seeks to create a sort of modern-day
Silk Road to better connect China to Europe and Africa.
Italy is the first Group of Seven country to sign such a
memorandum.
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