ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit and vowed Saturday to 'consolidate and deepen' relations, as Rome considers abandoning Beijing's 'Belt and Road' initiative of Chinese-built and -funded infrastructure projects. Neither government mentioned the initiative in brief statements after the meeting in New Delhi, the first between Meloni and Li. Rather, Meloni's office said the meeting 'confirmed the common intention to consolidate and deepen the dialogue between Rome and Beijing on the principal bilateral and international questions.

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