Italy joins China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Italy is the first G7 country to sign up to the scheme, in a move that has caused upset in Washington and Brussels.
Italy is the first G7 country to sign up to the scheme, in a move that has caused upset in Washington and Brussels.
https://www.backchina.com/news/2019/03/24/615662.html
3月23日，意大利签署加入中国一带一路备忘录，中国国家主席习近平露出了微笑。的确，以意大利欧盟第三大经济体、七国集团成员的身份，加入中国的一带一路，不能不承认这是北京的一个胜利。何况意大利此前表露意向后，曾遭到美国、欧盟的坚决反对，与中国打贸易战的美国的反对立场自不待言，欧盟对中国的立场也变得越来越强硬，但意大利仍一如既往。
“一带一路”战略是习近平2013年提出的，全称为“丝绸之路经济带”和“21世纪海上丝绸之路”，目的是将中国和其他亚洲国家乃至非洲和欧洲连接起来。一旦建成，“一带一路”覆盖全球65个国家，44亿人口以及40%的经济产出。中国官方表述，一带一路的灵感源自古代的民间贸易通道“丝绸之路”。2015年两会，国务院总理将其写入政府工作报告。同月，中国国务院授权国家发改委、外交部、商务部等3部委联合发布“一带一路”建设的愿景与行动文件。
http://news.creaders.net/china/2019/03/23/2069288.html
Resisting pressure from Washington and Brussels, Italy on Saturday became the first G7 country to join China’s controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Rome, endorsing the global infrastructure-building scheme.
Conte and Xi shook hands after 29 separate sections of the MoU were signed by members of both governments.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/italy-joins-china-belt-road-initiative-190321170015949.html