Kazakhstan-linchpin of China's Belt and Road Initiative - AZERTAC - Azerbaijan State News Agency
The Republic of Kazakhstan is the “birth place” of the One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI) thus it has strategic relevance to it. It was launched during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s September 2013 visit to Astana, highlighting Kazakhstan’s critical transit role in China’s pivot to the world and especially Europe
Source: azertag.az