Belt and Road Initiative

BEIJING - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Chinese FM Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday, noting that Serbia-China relations were at a historic high and that the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries had been deepened further by Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Serbia this year and raised to the level of a community with a shared future in the new era.

China's Belt and Road Initiative may have an adverse impact on Türkiye as Turkish companies could face significant losses in their European export markets, warns Nail Olpak, the president of the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK).

China is seeking to have quick and fast access to a rich market, Olpak told a group of journalists in his hometown Burdur.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping described the relationship between China and Hungary as embarking on a "golden voyage" following a meeting in Budapest with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, marking the third and final stop on Xi's European tour after visits to France and Serbia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is embarking on a six-day tour of Europe amidst escalating trade tensions with the European Union and concerns over China's support for Russia. The trip, Xi's first to the continent since 2019, includes visits to France, Serbia, and Hungary.

BEIJING - Serbia is China's first comprehensive strategic partner in Central and Eastern Europe and the two countries maintain an iron-clad friendship, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Serbia on May 7-8.

Amid a surge in violence targeting Chinese interests, a devastating suicide bombing struck a convoy of Chinese engineers in northwestern Pakistan, claiming the lives of six individuals. This latest attack marks the third significant assault on Beijing-linked projects in the country within a week, raising alarm over the security of foreign investments in Pakistan.

When China's Belt and Road Initiative was formally launched in 2013, it was touted as a world-spanning push to replicate the economic and political impact of the Silk Road. As it made investments across the world - including in the port of Piraeus during the depths of the financial crisis - Western capitals sought to counter Beijing's growing influence.

China's ambassador to Greece stressed the importance of enhanced economic cooperation between Europe and China and emphasized collaboration over competition in a recent interview with Xinhua in Athens.

BELGRADE - Post of Serbia and the China Cultural Centre in Belgrade on Thursday unveiled two editions of Serbian postage stamps that honoured the iron-clad Sino-Serbian friendship in 2023.

BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic's attendance at the Third Belt and Road Forum and PM Ana Brnabic's attendance at the Sixth China International Import Expo demonstrated Serbia's "sincere friendship with the Chinese people and firm belief in developing relations with China."