Petro and Xi mark new era in ties


BEIJING and Bogota signed a deal that will bring Colombia into President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road initiative, Chinese state media said, a sign of the country’s deepening influence in Latin America.

The agreement yesterday came on the sidelines of a gathering of leaders from the region in the Chinese capital during which Xi also pledged US$9.2bil (RM39.7bil) credit towards “development”.

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