STORY: 3rd BRF in eyes of participants
DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2023
LENGTH: 00:02:39
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the forum
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SOUEF KAMALIDINI, Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Digital Economy of the Comoros
3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ARKADIY KOROSTELEV, CEO of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO)
4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DR. ALLAN ZEMAN, Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group
5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KAIRAT SARYBAY, Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): ARKADIY KOROSTELEV, CEO of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO)
7. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SOUEF KAMALIDINI, Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Digital Economy of the Comoros
8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): RAFAEL HENRIQUE ZERBETTO, Brazilian expert, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration
9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): WALTER NYAMUKONDIWA, Reporter of the Herald newspaper in Zimbabwe
10. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): RAFAEL HENRIQUE ZERBETTO, Brazilian expert, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration
11. SOUNDBITE 10 (English): CHEE HONG TAT, Acting Minister of Transport, Singapore
12. SOUNDBITE 11 (Russian): SERIK KORZHUMBAYEV, Editor-in-chief of Delovoy Kazakhstan newspaper
13. SOUNDBITE 12 (English): MARTIN AZZOPARDI, Teacher at St. Margaret College Secondary School in Malta
14. SOUNDBITE 13 (English): SIMON OSEI MENSAH, Governor of Ashanti Province, Ghana
15. SOUNDBITE 14 (English): KHALED ABDALSAHEB A MAHDI, Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Planning and Development, Kuwait
16. SOUNDBITE 15 (English): VAHAN KEROBYAN, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
17. SOUNDBITE 16 (English): ERIK SOLHEIM, Former Under-Secretary-General of the UN
18. SOUNDBITE 17 (English): MOHAMMAD A. ABUNAYYAN, Chairman of ACWA power, Saudi Arabia

STORYLINE:

The third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held in Beijing on Oct. 17-18.

Grand gathering

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SOUEF KAMALIDINI, Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Digital Economy of the Comoros
"The conference is cool."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ARKADIY KOROSTELEV, CEO of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO)
"This forum is very very big."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DR. ALLAN ZEMAN, Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group
"We can see from all the countries is now at this 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road."

SOUNDBITE 4 (English): KAIRAT SARYBAY, Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA)
"It is a dialogue. It is a way of mutual understanding, mutual trust, mutual confidence."

Worldwide attention

SOUNDBITE 5 (English): ARKADIY KOROSTELEV, CEO of Far Eastern Shipping Company (FESCO)
"We will be happy to meet more international partners."

SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SOUEF KAMALIDINI, Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Digital Economy of the Comoros
"This forum is very very important for the rest of the world, but especially for developing countries, like my country."

SOUNDBITE 7 (English): RAFAEL HENRIQUE ZERBETTO, Brazilian expert, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration
"This forum is very important, of course, and the Belt and Road Forum is always a big event, and it calls attention in many countries and also in the whole China."

SOUNDBITE 8 (English): WALTER NYAMUKONDIWA, Reporter of the Herald newspaper in Zimbabwe
"People coming here, it's a sign of appreciating the things that have been done so far, and also appreciating the fact that more can and will be done out of the Belt and Road Initiative."

Fruitful results

SOUNDBITE 9 (English): RAFAEL HENRIQUE ZERBETTO, Brazilian expert, China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration
"Of course it's successful."

SOUNDBITE 10 (English): CHEE HONG TAT, Acting Minister of Transport, Singapore
"I think the key word for me was to collaborate and true that develop win-win outcomes."

SOUNDBITE 11 (Russian): SERIK KORZHUMBAYEV, Editor-in-chief of Delovoy Kazakhstan newspaper
"It promotes the economic development of the partner countries, and China is making a very significant contribution."

SOUNDBITE 12 (English): MARTIN AZZOPARDI, Teacher at St. Margaret College Secondary School in Malta
"I got highly inspired and now I would like to go back home to implement these projects."

SOUNDBITE 13 (English): SIMON OSEI MENSAH, Governor of Ashanti Province, Ghana
"That will bring countries together. As we interact, as we move together, we get to understand each other better."

Promising future

SOUNDBITE 14 (English): KHALED ABDALSAHEB A MAHDI, Secretary-General, Supreme Council for Planning and Development, Kuwait
"There were 10 year passed of the BRI and now we are moving to a different phase which we believe it will lead to more success."

SOUNDBITE 15 (English): VAHAN KEROBYAN, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia
"We are hopefully that in next 10 years, we will have the opportunity to boost our cooperation within the eight targets that were mentioned by President Xi."

SOUNDBITE 16 (English): ERIK SOLHEIM, Former Under-Secretary-General of the UN
"I feel very confident, because based on the enormous success for the last 10 years, we can do even more in the future."

SOUNDBITE 17 (English): MOHAMMAD A. ABUNAYYAN, Chairman of ACWA power, Saudi Arabia
"The future will be much better in the BRI program, will again make people happier and to have more better quality of life."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)