Li urges stronger ties with Vanuatu

Premier calls for alignment of BRI with Pacific island nation's strategies

Premier Li Keqiang urged better alignment between the Belt and Road Initiative and the development strategies of Vanuatu as well as greater mutual political trust between the two countries during a meeting with Prime Minister Charlot Salwai on Monday.

Li and Salwai also witnessed the signing of several bilateral cooperative agreements, including a cooperative plan on joint building of the BRI and feasibility research into building a small port and road on Pentecost Island, an island of the South Pacific nation.