“All countries will benefit if the Belt and Road Initiative and the European connectivity initiative are combined, especially the landlocked countries of Central Asia.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/09/kazakh-and-chinese-experts-reflect-on-first-decade-of-belt-and-road-initiative/

At the G20 Summit, India, along with the US, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, the European Union, Italy, France, and Germany launched an economic corridor pact that is being perceived as an answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Source: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/imeec-to-become-basis-of-world-trade-in-years-to-come-pm-modi-on-mann-ki-baat/article67340985.ece

Characterised Chinese lending through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as “debt trap diplomacy” designed to give China leverage over other countries.

Source: https://indiatribune.com/belt-road-of-debt-how-chinas-bri-turns-partner-nations-into-debtors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=belt-road-of-debt-how-chinas-bri-turns-partner-nations-into-debtors

China will actively explore greater synergy between its Belt and Road Initiative and Brazil's reindustrialisation strategy," Xi said, according to a readout from state agency Xinhua.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/1530288-china-brazil-urge-developed-nations-meet-climate-finance-vows/

Equally important for CPEC, Xi Jinping’s chosen in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), is support from China’s domestic audience.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/05/behind-chinas-friendly-advice-for-pakistan/

In 2014, Xi explained the concept of the New Silk Road, renamed the Belt and Road Initiative and Chinese state-owned companies became active abroad.

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/14/xi-jinping-10-key-developments-during-a-decade-in-power

"On China PMCs we have to go back to the Belt and Road Initiative," Opperman told VOA.

Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202304010122.html

She asserted that the Belt and Road Initiative of the Chinese government was developed to connect with countries around the globe.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/envoy-unilag-vc-others-speak-on-nigeria-china-economic-ties/

The Belt and Road Initiative is a big beautiful concept that can be deployed to achieve this.”

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/11/11/the-strategic-importance-of-shettimas-economic-diplomacy/

The move is seen as key to swaying international opinion on both Russia and China, which funds infrastructure around the world through its huge Belt and Road Initiative.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/g7-tackle-crises-from-ukraine-to-banking/

“The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, which complements the crucial Belt and Road Initiative, offers valuable trade cooperation prospects.

Source: https://astanatimes.com/2023/08/kazakh-president-advocates-uniting-brics-sco-efforts-to-promote-global-peace/

This is in line with the so-called Belt and Road Initiative of the Chinese government launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping to invest in infrastructure in more than 150 countries worldwide.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/business/china-plan-fix-sa-logistics-energy-crises-transnet-pravin-gordhan/

This year marks the tenth anniversary of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, the largest and most ambitious infrastructure development project in human history.

Source: https://indiatribune.com/belt-road-of-debt-how-chinas-bri-turns-partner-nations-into-debtors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=belt-road-of-debt-how-chinas-bri-turns-partner-nations-into-debtors

Vladimir Putin is due to visit Beijing this week for the Belt and Road Initiative Forum, only his second foreign visit since an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant was issued against him.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/russia-china-ban-japan-seafood-fukushima-b2430388.html

While Russia is the biggest supplier of energy and foodgrains for the Global South, China remains the biggest supplier of financing and infrastructure projects to them through the Belt and Road Initiative.

Source: http://www.srilankaguardian.org/2023/02/5-reasons-why-much-of-global-south-isnt.html