MUMBAI -- China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank said Monday it will invest or lend $3.5 billion this year to India, Bangladesh, Turkey and Egypt for projects aimed at strategically connecting Asia and Africa.
Since its launch in 2016, AIIB has approved around $4.4 billion of loans. The body, which comprises 86 member-countries, revealed the new plan at the start of its two-day annual meeting in Mumbai. India is AIIB's second largest shareholder after China.
