(Beijing/New York Comprehensive News) Chinese official media refutes that the European countries leaders avoid participating in the participation of the China Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum, saying that some developed countries are invited by the forum.
The Wall Street Journal reported in July that the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, and other European countries did not participate in the plan of the Belt and Road Forum, and said that the cold response of Western countries showed that China's diplomatic ambitions are facing more challenging global big globes.environment.
In this regard, the Global Times, a subsidiary of the People's Daily, directly under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, cited a person familiar with the forum preparations on Saturday (August 12), sayingMost of the leaders of developing countries have not issued invitations to the leaders of some developed countries mentioned to the relevant reports, and the statement of avoiding the meeting is not established.
People familiar with the matter said that the core purpose of this peak forum is to seek development, and the participants who build the "Belt and Road" are mainly developing countries.nation.
The person familiar with the matter also said that if France, Germany and other countries want to attend the related activities of the forum, China will be open to welcome and will consider overall arrangements in combination with the overall arrangement."It doesn't matter if they don't want to come. Some Western media and individual people don't have to stick to themselves and make love for themselves.
According to the information of the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the "Belt and Road" International Cooperation Summit Forum is the highest specification of international activities under the "Belt and Road" framework.
At present, Russian President Putin has determined to visit China in October and attend the forum.The Wall Street Journal pointed out that Russia's participation further prompted European leaders to avoid the forum.
According to Reuters, from China in 2013, it proposed the Belt and Road Initiative, and more than 150 countries, including Russia, signed a participation agreement, and most of them were African countries.The West's dependence on the Chinese economy is alert.