The Prime Minister said that Biden had never mentioned to her to participate in the Be

Italian Prime Minister Melonini, who will visit the United States this week, said U.S. President Biden never mentioned to her the subject of Italy's participation in the "Belt and Road" initiative.

According to Reuters Sunday (July 23), Melonney said at a press conference held in the Italian capital in Rome: "U.S. President has never proposed to me directly." MerlotNi will visit the United States on Thursday (27th).

Italy and China signed a memorandum of understanding in 2019, thereby becoming the only G7 member country to join the “Belt and Road” initiative to date.This has led to criticism of the United States and the European Union.

The total exports of Italy to China increased from 13 billion euros (S $ 19.2 billion) in 2019 to 16.4 billion euros last year.

Reuters said that Italy has not received much benefits from the "Belt and Road" initiative in the past four years, and Italy is likely to no longer renew its visa after the relevant agreement expires early next year.