TIRANA, April 17 (Xinhua) -- China and Albania agreed on Monday to enhance cooperation in areas of infrastructure, production capacity, tourism and agriculture under the framework of Belt and Road Initiative and the 16+1 mechanism featuring China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries cooperation.

The pledge came as Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli paid a visit to the Balkan country.

Hailing the geographic advantage of Albania in southeast Europe, Zhang said Albania is a major country along the Belt and Road.

"China is willing to conduct more substantial cooperation with Albania taking the country's features and actual needs into consideration under the Belt and Road Initiative and the 16+1 mechanism," Zhang said during his meeting with Albanian President Bujar Nishani on Monday.

He encouraged the two countries to speed up the negotiation and signing of an inter-governmental MOU on the Belt and Road initiative to better plan and guide bilateral cooperation so as to yield more fruitful results.

The initiative, proposed by China in 2017, aims to build a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road trading routes, leading to mutually beneficial economic outcomes for every nation it reaches.

China would like to align its development strategy with that of Albania and conducted in-depth discussions on projects, measures and effects of cooperation to realize common development, Zhang said during his talks with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Monday.

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