Xi inaugurates Laos rail link

President Xi Jinping and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith jointly inaugurated on Friday the China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of the Belt and Road Initiative, as both sides pledged to enable the line to usher in more benefits for the two nations and people in the region.

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