Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad gave China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” his “full support” after successfully renegotiating the cost of a rail link project.
But he also stressed at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on Friday that freedom of passage on both sea and land should be respected.
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