2019年CRI Seychelles Finance Minister on China: 'We have trust in everything that we do.'

 

With 90 thousand people, Seychelles is the world's smallest island, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa and northeast of Madagascar.

Seychelles recently signed on to the Belt and Road Initiative, and brokered¹ two deals with China worth 450 million yuan, under the framework of the Forum² on China-Africa Cooperation.

During a sit-down interview, my colleague Xu Yawen had a talk with Ambassador Maurice Loustau-Lalanne, Seychelle's Minister for Finance, Trade, Investment, and Economic Planning. He reveals what motivated the nation to join the BRI, why it approached Chinese banks, and what’s behind the growing relationship between China and Seychelles.

1 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

2 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。