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Implementation of Chinese infrastructure project Silk Road, designed to strengthen economic cooperation and enhance trade between China and Europe would be unthinkable without Ukraine’s participation, Chinese Ambassador to Ukraine Du Wei said at a Kyiv forum.
"Without Ukraine, the implementation of the [Silk Road] initiative would be incomplete, even unthinkable. Therefore, Ukraine was one of the first of more than 60 countries to have joined the [Silk] Road," the ambassador said.
Read alsoChina mulls FTA with Ukraine - AmbassadorAs UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine will join China’s newly-established Association for Promotion of Economic Cooperation "Silk Road", along with 20 other countries. To launch the project, Chinese funds have already collected nearly RMB 300 billion, or some $46 billion.