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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI or B&R [1]), known in China as the One Belt One Road [a] and sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, [2] is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 to invest in more than 150 countries and international organizations. [3]
A new direction of the Silk Road was launched in January 2016 and included the Ukraine – Georgia – Azerbaijan – Kazakhstan – China route. [36] Kazakhstan's infrastructure development program Nurly Zhol was developed in line with the New Silk Road Initiative. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev even noted that Nurly zhol was a ...
The New Silk Road Initiative was a United States initiative in the 2010s that aimed to integrate Afghanistan with Central Asia, boosting trade and economic development. [1] [2] [3] Originally developed by the staff of General David Petraeus at the United States Central Command, [2] it was formally announced by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2011 in a speech in Chennai. [4]
Presidential candidate Joe Biden has consistently blasted China’s colossal infrastructure initiative known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), calling out the environmental harm resulting ...
Mecca Metro, a railway in Saudi Arabia to be built at a cost of $16.5bn, [105] The Mecca Mass Rail Transit Project (MMRT) project will include the construction of four new metro lines A, B, C and D complementing the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro line. The new lines will have a total length of 180 km and will cover about 88 stations. [106]
A 2018 drone photograph of a part of the newly discovered medieval Silk Road city Tugunbulak, located in the mountains of southeastern Uzbekistan (via REUTERS)
The Maritime Silk Road initiative was first proposed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a speech to the Indonesian Parliament in October 2013. [5]In November 2014, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced plans to create a USD $40 billion development fund, which would help finance China's plans to develop the New Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road.
New Silk Road can refer to: Eurasian Land Bridge, rail transport route between Europe and Asia; Belt and Road Initiative, a Chinese-sponsored Eurasian development strategy; New Silk Road Initiative, a US initiative for economic integration in Central Asia; New Silk Road, a 2018 album by Maksim Mrvica