The French government refused to comment on a villa in France connected with former senior Chinese official Bo Xilai Kalen Ballage Dolphins Jersey , after being questioned about France's cooperation with China's international anti-corruption efforts, the Beijing Youth Daily reported on Wednesday.


Olivier Pedro-Jose, deputy spokesman for the French justice ministry, said the ministry would not comment on any particular criminal case and would neither confirm nor deny any related information.


Pedro-Jose emphasized the importance of the Agreement between China and France on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, adding that any return of assets should not jeopardize the interests of a bona fide third party.


Bo Xilai, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a former member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment in September 2013 for bribery Durham Smythe Dolphins Jersey , embezzlement and abuse of power.


A previous investigation into his activities revealed that in July 2001, Bogu Kailai, Bo's wife, bought a villa in the city of Nice worth over 2.3 million euros ($2.8 million) at the time with funds provided by a businessman who wished to curry favor with Bo.


Evidence presented by prosecutors at Bo Xilai's trial showed that the three-story villa has a garden, a swimming pool and a garage, and that the property covers a total of 3,950 square meters Xavien Howard Dolphins Jersey , half the size of a football field.


Bogu Kailai received a death sentence with a two-year reprieve in 2012 for the killing of a British businessman.


Pedro-Jose also confirmed that judicial cooperation between China and France, which aims to track down around 10 fugitives suspected of corruption that may be hiding in France, has begun, according to the Beijing Youth Daily.

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by Shen Zhonghao


DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Participants of the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, which closed Friday Laremy Tunsil Dolphins Jersey , have turned to the Belt and Road Initiative for cures for the fractured world and to create a shared future.


They expected the initiative to tie together the destiny of people living in different countries and regions through further specific actions to promote connectivity, improve living standards, boost free trade, among others.


Proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative is aimed at promoting the connectivity of Asian, European and African continents and their adjacent seas and realizing diversified, independent Raekwon McMillan Dolphins Jersey , balanced and sustainable development in the countries involved.


WIDE SUPPORT


Embracing the spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit, the initiative has gained support from more than 100 countries and international organizations.


""The Belt and Road is the best place to start working on the fractures in the world and creating connectivity,"" Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said in a panel discussion.


He said the Belt and Road can link countries and create shared prosperity, which coincides with the theme of this year's gathering -- creating a shared future in a fractured world.


""We feel that something concerning the fractured world is discussed in Davos, Belt and Road is probably the best way to address this Jason Sanders Dolphins Jersey ,"" said Kirill Dmitriev, chief executive of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Russia's sovereign wealth fund with a reserved capital of 10 billion U.S. dollars.


Chan Chun Sing, Singapore's minister in Prime Minister's Office, said the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative is threefold. Firstly, it connects markets, facilitates trade and improves people's livelihoods. Secondly Jerome Baker Dolphins Jersey , it catalyses local economies. Thirdly, it sets a system for the global economy.


MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PROJECTS


With regard to specific projects under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, Abbasi said China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a ""visible part.""8 Dmitriev said that from the Russian point of view, the time cost of cross-border transportation of goods has been markedly reduced thanks to the completion of a bridge linking China's Tongjiang City in the northeastern Heilongjiang Province and the Russian town of Nizhneleninskoye.


Calling for ""significant collaboration,"" U.S. businessman Michael Burke said: ""The size and scale of infrastructure projects along the Belt and Road cannot be done by any one country, neither private sector alone or public sector alone.""


Burke is the chairman and chief executive officer of AECOM, an American firm which designs Mike Gesicki Dolphins Jersey , builds, finances and operates infrastructure assets in more than 150 countries and regions.


Burke said his company has been involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, collaborating with state-owned enterprises in various countries in an effort to combine ""their expertise together with our private expertise.""


GUIDING STRATEGY


As regards the strategy of investing in infrastructure along the Belt and Road, Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), an international lender created by China that has attracted 84 members so far, laid out three basic criteria -- financial sustainability Kenny Stills Dolphins Jersey , environment impact and local support.


""We would be very much willing to consider any projects proposed by member countries, but we have to look at the basic requirements of those proposed projects."" Jin said.


Jin said the AIIB would finance infrastructure projects in ways that will neither ""leave a big footprint"" on the environment, nor create problems for local communities.


In addition to infrastructure projects, WEF participants were also interested in seeing the Belt and Road Initiative play a more prominent role in strengthening financial collaboration among relevant countries.


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