
TOKYO -- The foreign minister of Djibouti said the East African country intends to help promote China's Belt and Road Initiative, but is also cautious about overreliance on China in light of Djibouti's ballooning debts linked to Chinese investment.
"If [the initiative] brings wealth, progress, development, we welcome it," said Mahmoud Ali Youssouf in a recent interview with Nikkei.



