Laos backs China-led BRI trade infrastructure expansion

BEIJING (Vientiane Times/ANN) – President Bounnhang Vorachit has voiced the Lao government’s support for the China-led Belt and Road Initiative, saying the global project will help to transform Laos from being landlocked into a land link.

Speaking at a session of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing last weekend, the president said the Belt and Road Initiative, which China introduced in 2013, was in line with the Lao government’s policy to transform itself from being a landlocked country into a land link within the region.

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