ASEAN, including Cambodia, hugely benefit from BRI: Cambodian experts

Phnom Penh – The members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) including Cambodia are greatly benefiting from the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Cambodian experts said here on Thursday.

Kin Phea, director-general of the International Relations Institute Cambodia (IRIC), an arm of the Royal Academy of Cambodia, said the BRI has importantly contributed to enhancing economic growth and development in ASEAN as well as in the world at large.

“The BRI is a good connectivity initiative that has been providing tremendous opportunities and benefits to all participating countries,” he told reporters on the sidelines of an international conference on ASEAN.

In full: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/08/c_138293910.htm

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