Italy has quit the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), also known as the New Silk Road, a project launched by China in 2013 despite it being the first G7 country, and the first EU member, to join it ...

which is modeled on the old Silk Road that linked China to the West, saying it had brought no significant gains to Italy. The 2019 accord expires in March 2024 and would have been automatically ...

Italy’s defense minister called his country ... It was established to rebuild China’s Silk Road, connecting Asia with Africa and Europe with the aim of increasing trade and economic growth.

Italy highly values China's international status and role and is willing to inherit the long-standing spirit of the Silk Road to develop a closer and higher-level partnership with China ...

Italy officially left the Silk Road with a note delivered to Beijing in recent days. On the news, confirmed to news agencies by informed sources, a firm "no comment" is currently coming from ...

Italy has formally withdrawn from China’s global Belt and Road initiative in a further blow to China's ailing economy. Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni had previously signalled Italy would ...

“China and Italy are located at opposite ends of the ancient Silk Road,” Xi told Meloni, “and the long-standing friendly exchanges between the two countries have made important contributions ...

We have a German geographer, cartographer and explorer to thank for the name of the world’s most famous network of transconti­nental trade routes. Formally established during the Han dynasty ...

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called on China and Italy to carry forward the Silk Road spirit during a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, walks with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, left, for a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Monday, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent ...