The BRI is "a very good platform for international cooperation, which is emerging and gaining a lot of momentum," said Ethiopian Finance Minister Ahmed Shide at a sub-forum of the second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF).
"Through this initiative we were able to build the railway from Addis Ababa to Djibouti. This is an early harvest of the BRI," said Shide. "We will continue to be an active player."
Since its launch in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, the BRI has attracted worldwide attention from countries big and small, developing and developed, alike.
So far, 126 countries and 29 international organizations have signed on to partake in the initiative to expand connectivity, trade and people-to-people exchanges and pursue common development throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and beyond.
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