Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening session of the forum. (Source: VNA) Beijing (VNA) – The second Belt and Road Forum forInternational Cooperation (BRF) kicked off in Beijing, China on April 26.
The event brings together 37 heads of state and government, along with 5,000delegates from more than 150 countries and 90 international organisations.
The Vietnamese delegation to the event was led by Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc.
Themed “Belt and Road Cooperation,Shaping a Brighter Shared Future,” the forum isChina’s most important diplomatic event in the year.
It includes the opening ceremony, a roundtable betweenleaders and a high-level dialogue for ministries, representatives of businessesand scholars.
In his opening remarks, Chinese President Xi Jinping called on parties joiningthe “Belt and Road” Initiative to continue promoting the initiative, towardsthe goal of sustainable, high-quality development, contributing to improvingpeople’s living standards.
The initiative, which was proposed by PresidentXi in 2013, is expected to create a large economic and trade network, covering aregion with 4.4 billion people and a combined GDP of 21 trillion USD, making up30 percent of the global GDP.
Vietnam welcomes initiatives and efforts to pushahead with international integration and regional connectivity, and supportsChina to successfully organise the forum.
The country has affirmed its willingness tocooperate with China and other countries in building and implementing programmesand projects for common peace, development and prosperity in the principles ofmutual respect, equality, mutual benefits and observance of the UN Charter andinternational law, respect for independence, sovereignty and territorialintegrity of the participating countries.
The forum is scheduled to conclude on April 27and issue a joint communiqué of the leaders’ roundtable.-VNA
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