Borc, in an address to the plenary gathering, underlined the preoccupation of the new Romanian Government for seeing the ambitious agenda of the China – Central and Eastern Europe cooperation materialize, especially by including Romania’s potential of a regional hub in the future routes of the multi-modal goods transport between China and Europe.
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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Tuesday called on China’s leaders to support the European Union’s efforts to combat terrorism in the wake of the deadly attacks in Paris.
Suzhou. China and Bulgaria vowed on Thursday to deepen their cooperation in areas including infrastructure, nuclear power, agriculture and tourism, Xinhua reported.
After a morning session, Li invited the leaders onboard a domestically-designed high-speed train for a ride to Shanghai. Li said construction of the railway would start this year and be completed within two years. Negotiations on other projects of their kind are also underway.
About a thousand businessmen will meet at the forum from China, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. The projects will focus on “production capacity cooperation among the ports and industrial parks of the coastal areas of the Adriatic Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea”, Li said, adding that China expects “our companies to be the main players in these projects”. China will be in charge of financing and constructing the project.
He also said China was exploring the possibility of establishing a multilateral financial institution with Central and Eastern European countries, as well as a joint fund that would be denominated in Chinese yuan.
Many of the CEE states are hoping to use Chinese investment to boost their own economies.
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The Bulgarian prime minister noted that the two countries are willing to enhance cooperation in the construction of railways and highways as well as in nuclear energy.
