Malaysian PM Anwar calls for revived push for China’s Belt and Road projects


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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called for China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to regain its momentum, saying that the development programme best exemplifies solidarity and cooperation between countries in Asia. “Translating lofty ideals into practical reality, solidarity and cooperation is best exemplified in the realisation of the Belt and Road Initiative. With the pandemic behind us, we should try to regain its momentum,” said Datuk Seri Anwar in a speech at the Boao Forum for Asia conference in Hainan on Thursday. Mr Anwar’s four-month-old administration wants to tap Malaysia’s largest trading partner China for foreign...