Belt and Road Attendees List

Below, find a list of confirmed attendees at China’s Belt and Road Forum, to be held in Beijing May 14-15. Sources are hyperlinked wherever possible; entries without hyperlinks are based on statements provided to The Diplomat.

1. Afghanistan: Unspecified minister-level delegation
   
2. Argentina: President Mauricio Macri
3. Australia: Trade Minister Steve Ciobo
4. Azerbaijan: Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev
5. Bangladesh: Unspecified minister-level delegation
6. Belarus: President Alexander Lukashenko
7. Brazil: Secretary for Strategic Affairs Hussein Ali Kalout
8. Cambodia: Prime Minister Hun Sen
9. Chile: President Michelle Bachelet
10. China: President Xi Jinping
11. Czech Republic: President Milos Zeman
12. Egypt: Trade and Industry Minister Tarek Kabil
13. Ethiopia: Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn
14. Fiji: Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama
15. Finland:  Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland Anne Berner
16. France: Jean-Pierre Raffarin, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, Defense and Armed Forces in the French Senate
17. Germany: Minister of Economic Affairs Brigitte Zypries
18. Greece: Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
19. Hungary: Prime Minister Viktor Orban
20. Indonesia: President Joko Widodo
21. Iran: Minister of Economy and Finance Ali Tayebnia
22. Italy: Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni
23. Japan: LDP Secretary General Toshihiro Nikai
24. Kazakhstan: President Nursultan Nazarbayev
25. Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta
26. Kyrgyzstan: President Almazbek Atambayev
27. Kuwait: Minister of the Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
28. Laos: President Bounnhang Vorachith
29. Malaysia: Prime Minister Najib Razak
30. Maldives: Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed
31. Mongolia: Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat
32. Myanmar: State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi
33. Romania: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment Gratiela Gavrilescu
34. Nepal: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara
35. New Zealand:  Science and Innovation Minister Paul Goldsmith
36. North Korea: Confirmed to be sending an official delegation;  the delegation will be led by Kim Yong-jae, the North Korean minister of external economic relations, according to a number of South Korean media reports
37. Pakistan: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
38. Philippines: President Rodrigo Duterte
39. Poland: Prime Minister Beata Szydło
40. Russia: President Vladimir Putin
41. Saudi Arabia: Minister of Energy, Industry, and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih
42. Serbia: Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic
43. Singapore: Minister for National Development and Second Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong
44. South Korea: Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo; Park Byeong-seug, National Assembly member for the Democratic Party
45. Spain: Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
46. Sri Lanka: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe
47. Switzerland: President Doris Leuthard
48. Syria: unspecificed minister-level delegation
49. Thailand: five ministers: Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Transportation Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Commerce Apiradi Tantraporn, Minister of Digital for Economy and Society Pichet Durongkaveroj, and Minister of Science and Technology Atchaka Sibunruang
50. Tunisia: Culture Minister Mohamed Zine El-Abidine
51. Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
52. UAE: Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State and Group CEO of ADNOC
53. Ukraine: unspecified official delegation
54. United Kingdom: Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond
55. United States: Matt Pottinger, National Security Council senior director for Asia
56. Uzbekistan: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev
57. Vietnam: President Tran Dai Quang

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