Italo-Chinese partnership is more important than the so-called new Silk Road, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said after meeting opposite number Wang Yi in Beijing Monday.
Italy has indicated it may pull out of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) after becoming the first Group of Seven (G7) country to sign up for it in 2019, while saying that the final decision is up to the Italian parliament.
“The tsrategic partnership is much more important than the Silk Road,” said Tajani at a press conference.
“I reiterated to Wang Yi the Italian government’s evaluations and we will have to listen to parliament to decide. The climate was very positive, as it was with the Chinese Minister of Trade”.
Tajani is also deputy premier and the leader of the late Silvio Berlusconi’s centre right Forza Italia (FI) party.
Source: Ansa News Agency (ANA)