The Asian Infrastructure¹ Investment Bank (AIIB) announced Saturday that its Board of Governors has adopted resolutions approving seven applications to join the bank, bringing its total approved membership to 77.

 

亚洲基础设施投资银行周六宣布，理事国已决议通过七个国家的加入申请，其会员国总数已达到77个。

 

The approved applications came from three regional prospective² members -- Bahrain, Cyprus and Samoa -- and four non-regional prospective members, namely Bolivia, Chile, Greece and Romania.

 

"More and more countries are signing up to become members of AIIB because they see how internationalism can promote development in Asia, with far reaching benefits for the global economy," said Jin Liqun, AIIB president.

 

"We welcome our new prospective members and thank them for joining us in our effort to meet the infrastructure needs in the region," he said.

 

The seven prospective members will officially join AIIB once they complete the required domestic processes and deposit their first installment³ of capital with the bank.

 

The shares allocated⁴ to the new prospective members come from the bank's existing pool of unallocated shares, according to AIIB.

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