Polish FM: 'Belt and Road' initiative building bridge between China, Europe

Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski delivers a speech at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on April 25.

Poland's foreign minister praised China's "Belt and Road" initiative during his visit to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) on April 25, which was one stop on his official tour of China from April 23 to 27.

The "Belt and Road" initiative is the most promising platform for cooperation between China and the EU, and will be a new formula of a strategic relationship between Europe and Asia, Witold Waszczykowski said in his speech titled "Where the ‘Belt and Road' Initiative Meet Europe: Europe and China in the Eyes of a Pole."

CASS President Wang Weiguang met with Waszczykowski. More than 100 delegates attended the lecture, including the Polish ambassador to China and other European envoys and think tanks as well as representatives from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, research centers and renowned universities, such as Peking University and Tsinghua University.