BRI to help create a more balanced world: Antwerp-Bruges Port official

STORY: BRI to help create a more balanced world: Antwerp-Bruges Port official DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: ANTWERP, Brussels CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): LUC ARNOUTS, Vice President for International Networks & Relations of Antwerp-Bruges Port 2. various of Antwerp-Bruges Port 3. various of projects under BRI STORYLINE: A senior official with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium says the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will help to create a more balanced world. SOUNDBITE (English): LUC ARNOUTS, Vice President for International Networks & Relations of Antwerp-Bruges Port "Infrastructure is a core, is a key element in the development of the economy of a country. When you look at initiatives like the (economic) corridors and Belt and Road being one of them, you clearly see that those countries where the infrastructure is being built is advancing faster afterwards, because all the other economic activity can rely on a strong infrastructure. So I thi