Serbian president: B&R Initiative to make world 'richer'

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China's Belt and Road Initiative is a globally significant vision that will generate enormous benefits for the world, said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

In an interview with Xinhua in the run-up to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which begins on Oct. 18 in Beijing, he added that his country has complete trust and confidence in the CPC and its initiatives.

The Belt and Road Initiative, raised in 2013 by Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also the general secretary of the CPC, is "one of the most important initiatives that we have today in the contemporary world," said Vucic.

The initiative is not only good for China and its people, but also good for many countries, added Vucic, whose country is an enthusiastic participant.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vuci. /Xinhua Photo

"I can say, as a representative of a very small country, I would like to encourage members of the CPC to carry on this Belt and Road Initiative and all other initiatives, because we have the full trust and the full confidence in them and their initiatives," he said.

"People, and the world, will be much richer with good initiatives than without them," the president pointed out.

He also noted that over the past five years, China has become more closely connected to the rest of the world, while at the same time staying firmly on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and promoting its culture globally.

it all shows that socialism with Chinese characteristics works, he said.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency