In a big setback to Xi Jinping, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday told Chinese premier Li Qiang that her country has decided to exit the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).The Italian PM communicated the intention to quit the project to her counterpart on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi even as Li made a last-ditch attempt to persuade her government to rethink.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/planning-to-exit-belt-road-initiative-italy-tells-china-at-g20-summit/articleshow/103553902.cms