Belt and Road Forum serves to promote cooperation in Eurasia, Lavrov says

Russia views the Belt and Road Forum as an integral part of the promotion of cooperation in Eurasia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said as he spoke with PRC Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Report informs via TASS.

"We consider this movement, project as an important part of promoting cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit throughout the Eurasian continent. And relations are moving in this direction between the Belt and Road project and the Eurasian Economic Union, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, ASEAN and other structures, which operate in this geopolitical, geo-economic space. We are interested in the third international Belt and Road Forum being successful," the Russian minister said.