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(BRF) 1st LD: President Xi says to build Belt and Road into road for peace

Xinhua, May 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Sunday the Belt and Road should be built into a road for peace, as the pursuit of the initiative requires a peaceful and stable environment.

"The ancient silk routes thrived in times of peace, but lost vigor in times of war. The pursuit of the Belt and Road Initiative requires a peaceful and stable environment," said Xi while delivering a keynote speech at the opening of the two-day Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.

"We should foster a new type of international relations featuring win-win cooperation; and we should forge partnerships of dialogue with no confrontation and of friendship rather than alliance," he said.

All countries should respect each other's sovereignty, dignity and territorial integrity, each other's development paths and social systems, and each other's core interests and major concerns, Xi said. Endi