One Belt, One Road

Those who travelled to Beijing for the forum included: Russia's President Vladimir Putin; Myanmar's State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi; Turkey's President; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; Germany's Minister for Economics and Energy, Brigitte Zypries; Serbia's Prime Minister and President-elect, Aleksandar Vučić; America's top Asia policymaker, Matthew Pottinger; Secretary General of the United Nations,

BELGRADE - The Chinese Belt and Road initiative is turning from an idea into reality and China is ready to get Serbia involved in the entire project, Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, said in Belgrade Monday.

Serbia and China have traditionally good political relations, which, thanks to the government's policy, grew into an even better economic cooperation.

According to the Serbian government, Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure Zorana Mihajlovic said this on Thursday during an interview for China's CCTV.

China's One Belt, One Road initiative, which involves Beijing underwriting billions of dollars of infrastructure investment in countries along the old Silk Road linking it with Europe, has the potential to transform the Black Sea region in terms of development and economic integration barring geopolitical competition between the big powers in the area, Frans Paul van der Putten, a senior resear

China invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and six cabinet colleagues to its "new Silk Road" summit this month, even offering to rename a flagship Pakistani project running through disputed territory to persuade them to attend, a top official in Modi's ruling group and diplomats said.  

The race for supremacy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has intensified.

BEIJING - Serbian PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic proposed in Beijing on Monday that the next forum of China's Belt and Road Initiative be held in Serbia.

We have already done much regarding bilateral cooperation with our Chinese friends, Vucic said in his address at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

Serbian Prime Minister and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic met on Tuesday in Beijing with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country is willing to deepen "the all-weather friendship with Serbia" to boost their comprehensive strategic partnership.

Serbia has been backing the Belt and Road initiative since the very beginning, Serbian PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic said in Beijing on Monday.