A$ 6 billion high- speed rail line connecting China with its Southeast Asian neighbour Laos opened on Friday, a corner in Beijing’s ambitious Belt and Road structure plans Chinese President Xi Jinping and Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith attended a virtual form to mark the demoiselle passages on the line, which stretches from the southwestern Chinese megacity of Kunming to the Laotian capital Vientiane Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail| Tata- led institute bags pellet train design operation consultancy deal
China, which holds a 70 stake in the common adventure design inked in 2015, hopes the-km (621.37- afar) line will ultimately expand through Thailand and Malaysia to Singapore In a videotape meeting between the two leaders before on Friday, Xi said the countries stood at”a new literal starting point” China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with Laos, promote the high- quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative, and continue to make an unbreakable China-Laos community with a participated future,”he said in commentary published by China’s state broadcaster CCTV.
Economists have advised that the rail design could make it delicate for communist Laos, one of Asia’s poorest nations, to repay external debt, much of it owed to China Laos state news agency KPL said on Thursday the design was part of the government’s strategy to convert Laos”from a landlocked country to a land- linked one”.