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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks via video link to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's annual meeting on Tuesday. (Screenshot from the conference video/Kyodo)

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed on Tuesday to turn the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank into an inclusive platform for the promotion of international cooperation amid the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

In a message delivered online to the annual board meeting of the AIIB, Xi said China will walk the talk on multilateralism.

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