ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni outlined Italy's plan to pull out of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) during a meeting with Chinese ...
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Italy, seeking to minimise any backlash from the decision from Beijing, would as a replacement aim to revitalise a strategic partnership agreement with China, aimed at fostering economic cooperation, it first signed in 2004. "The prime minister communicated the intention to quit the project to her counterpart," the Corriere della Sera daily reported, saying Premier Li had made a last attempt to persuade the Italians to rethink.
The Italians told the Chinese that their decision had not been dictated by the United States, the report added, comments echoed by similar reports in other Italian newspapers.
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