ECA chief sees upcoming BRI forum as platform for boosting Africa's infrastructure, logistics drive
                           Source: Xinhua | 2019-04-13 21:46:32 | Editor: huaxia

          File photo shows Vera Songwe, Under-Secretary-General of UN and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, speaking during an African Union (AU) Executive Council meeting in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda on March 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Gabriel Dusabe)

          ADDIS ABABA, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Africa's focus at the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be speeding up the logistics and infrastructure drive on the African continent, the chief of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.

          Faster and more efficient application of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement basically needs logistics, ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe told reporters in Addis Ababa late Wednesday.

          The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is scheduled to open in Beijing in late April. Representatives from over 100 countries, including about 40 leaders of government, have confirmed their attendance.

          "We will care about the most... how we can speed up the logistics and infrastructure that we need to make the AfCFTA a viable agreement," Songwe said. "That means building more rails, for example, in an efficient way, and energy as part of that initiative."

          "When we work on transport projects, we work also on digital communications," she said.

          Songwe said Africa will also try to "understand the governance around how countries access initiatives around the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)."

          The executive secretary hailed the role of the BRI in helping Africa upgrade its infrastructure and create more jobs.

          Back to Top Close
          Xinhuanet

          ECA chief sees upcoming BRI forum as platform for boosting Africa's infrastructure, logistics drive

          Source: Xinhua 2019-04-13 21:46:32

          File photo shows Vera Songwe, Under-Secretary-General of UN and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, speaking during an African Union (AU) Executive Council meeting in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda on March 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Gabriel Dusabe)

          ADDIS ABABA, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Africa's focus at the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be speeding up the logistics and infrastructure drive on the African continent, the chief of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.

          Faster and more efficient application of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement basically needs logistics, ECA Executive Secretary Vera Songwe told reporters in Addis Ababa late Wednesday.

          The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is scheduled to open in Beijing in late April. Representatives from over 100 countries, including about 40 leaders of government, have confirmed their attendance.

          "We will care about the most... how we can speed up the logistics and infrastructure that we need to make the AfCFTA a viable agreement," Songwe said. "That means building more rails, for example, in an efficient way, and energy as part of that initiative."

          "When we work on transport projects, we work also on digital communications," she said.

          Songwe said Africa will also try to "understand the governance around how countries access initiatives around the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)."

          The executive secretary hailed the role of the BRI in helping Africa upgrade its infrastructure and create more jobs.

          010020070750000000000000011100001379745261
          无码人妻一区二区三区四区av_亚洲精品911在线永久观看_精品一区二区国产在线观看_日韩不卡一区二区视频在线

                  亚洲欧洲国产1区二区 | 亚洲一区二区麻豆AV | 一本一本大道香蕉久在线播放 | 亚洲国产空姐精品视频中文字幕 | 在线播放永久免费 | 一级a做视频免费观看日本 亚洲精品国偷自产在线99人热 |