The Italian Defense Minister said to join the "Belt and Road" initiative as the decision of "hasty and bad", and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to further tap the potential of co -construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation in accordance with the interests of both parties.

According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday (July 31) that the co -construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation has established a new platform for pragmatic cooperation between China and Italy.Corporate cooperation has achieved many pragmatic results.

A spokesman said that according to the statistics of the intention, the export of exports to China in the first five months of this year increased significantly by 58%year -on -year.Further tap the potential of co -construction of the "Belt and Road" cooperation in accordance with the interests of both parties.

The Italian Minister of Defense Crotota said in an interview published on the Milan Evening Post on July 30: "The decision to join the (new) Silk Road is a kind of hasty and bad behavior", "It increased China's export of Italy, but it did not have the same impact on Italy's exports to China.

Italy signed the "Belt and Road" agreement under the leadership of the friendly prime minister Conte in China in 2019, becoming the only Western country to join the initiative.If no action is taken, the agreement will automatically renew the contract by the end of this year.The current Italian government has been thinking about how to withdraw from Beijing's retaliation for several months.