Belt, Road Initiative powering teamwork on energy

China is ready to work with other countries to strengthen energy cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, create favorable conditions for common development, jointly contribute to the sustainable development of global energy and safeguard world energy security, President Xi Jinping said.

Xi's comments were included in a congratulatory letter to the Belt and Road Energy Ministerial Conference and 2018 International Forum on Energy Transitions, which both opened on Thursday in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.

Xi stressed that energy cooperation has been a key field in jointly building the Belt and Road.