Xi's statements on the Belt and Road Initiative

Countries invited to be part of Silk Road Economic Belt

President Xi Jinping at the 14th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, Sept 12, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

Xi said that China would welcome Shanghai Cooperation Organization's member states, observers and dialogue partners to actively participate in the joint construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt to promote regional connectivity and the progress of the new-type industrialization.