Putin To Take Part In Belt And Road Forum In Beijing On April 26-27 - Kremlin Aide

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 05th April, 2019) Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 26-27 will attend the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov told reporters on Friday.

"On April 26-27 the president to take part in the international Belt and Road Forum in China," Ushakov said.

The forum is set to sum up current results of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and to identify further steps within the framework of the initiative for the coming years. China hosted the first Belt and Road Forum in May 2017, when participants from over 100 countries participated in the event.

The BRI, which was first announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, mainly focuses on the Maritime Silk Route, which connects China and Europe, and the land-based Silk Road Economic Belt, which includes Central Asia, Russia and the middle East.