Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention Center
May 15, 2017

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and other invited state leaders were received by Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Belt and Road Forum’s (BRF) welcome ceremony held at the Beijing Yanqi Lake International Convention Center.

Among them were Myanmar State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Mongolian Prime Minister Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, Lao President Bounnhang Vorachit, Swiss President Doris Leuthard, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orban, Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni.

Also joining the leaders in the Leaders’ Roundtable dialogues were World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde.

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