Colombia will join China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a massive development project from the Asian nation in which it funds infrastructure projects, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Monday.
“We’re going to sign the Silk Road,” Petro said in an interview from the Great Wall of China, using part of the original name given to China’s development initiative.
“We’ve decided to take a strong step forward regarding relations between China and Latin America,” he added.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met counterparts and representatives from Colombia, Nicaragua, Guyana and some Caribbean countries in Beijing, according to statements released by the ministry.