By Georgi Gotev | EURACTIV.com reporting from Astana Jul 4, 2018 Roman Vassilenko with map, 4 July 2018. [Georgi Gotev] This article is part of our special report The New Silk Road . Roman Vassilenko, deputy minister of foreign affairs of Kazakhstan, met on Wednesday (4 July) with a group of international journalists from around the world to field questions about his country’s development and the China-promoted Belt and Road initiative. This week Astana is hosting a number of international events and has attracted many journalists. Vassilenko, who is a career diplomat, having served in the UK and in the US, spent two and a half hours with reporters and answered many questions. The diplomat said he had received many questions in advance concerning the Belt and Road initiative, and made use of a map to offer explanations. Map Kazakhstan Region He argued that it is that map that gives a sense of why Kazakhstan is among the strongest supporters and key participant
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