Egyptian minister says AIIB plays crucial role in Africa's sustainable development

STORY: Egyptian minister says AIIB plays crucial role in Africa's sustainable development DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the eighth annual meeting of the AIIB Board of Governors 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED MAAIT, Egyptian Finance Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMED MAAIT, Egyptian Finance Minister STORYLINE: Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait lauded on Sunday the "crucial role" played by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in the sustainable development in Africa. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED MAAIT, Egyptian Finance Minister "The globality of the AIIB is derived from its noble goal to improve the infrastructure of countries, which helps improve all the peoples' economic and social rights and their standards of living. The bank plays an important role in the field of comprehensive sustainable development. The AIIB's investment interests in infrastructure, renewable energy, green transportatio

Former Croatian president hails China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative

STORY: Former Croatian president hails China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative DATELINE: May 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of 2. SOUNDBITE (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President STORYLINE: Former Croatian President Ivo Josipovic has said that the China-proposed Global Civilization Initiative is very important as it "tends to connect people, different civilizations, different religions, and different societies." SOUNDBITE (English): IVO JOSIPOVIC, Former Croatian President "In this very critical moment for humanity, (there are) many crises all around the world, wars, disasters, diseases. It's very important that someone puts on the table an initiative that tends to connect people, to connect different civilizations, different religions, and different societies. And it's a very important initiative for globality. Globality is, I think, very important because these important challenges of humanity can be resolved just together. Different