Press briefing of Cabinet Decision taken on 2017-05-23

Joint Communiqué of Leaders' Roundtable of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation

- The Cabinet noted that the Hon. Prime Minister had participated in the Roundtable Conference of the above Forum held in China on the 15th May of 2017, chaired by H.E. Xi Jinping, the President of the People's Republic of China and also that the leaders of the countries of Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Argentina, Belarus, Chile, Indonesia, Laos, Philippine, Turkey, Vietnam, Cambodia, Fiji, Hungary, Italy , Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Poland had been present at the Rountable conference. The Cabinet noted, further, the matters contained in the Joint Communiqué issued by the Heads of States with the objective of enhancing International Cooperation including the Belt and Road initiative and various development strategies, expanding economic growth, promotion of industrial cooperation, scientific and technological innovation and strengthening the regional economic cooperation.