Greener approach to China’s Belt and Road Initiative needed – Thai PM

Thailand believes that a greener approach to the development of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is necessary for high-quality cooperation for common development and prosperity. Thailand intends to draw lessons from this project and implement them within the nation, said Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin on Thursday in Beijing.

Srettha was delivering a statement at the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) on a “green” silk road which is in harmony with nature, according to Thai government spokesman Chai Wacharonke.

Srettha also stated that he has asked his cabinet to design a robust study and implementation plan for the Land Bridge project, to connect the Andaman Sea and the Indian Ocean to the Gulf of Thailand and the Pacific Ocean.

This project will reduce the passage time between the two oceans, which is currently via the busy Strait of Malacca,…