The Asian Infrastructure¹ Investment Bank (AIIB) announced Thursday that its Board of Governors has adopted resolutions approving 13 applicants² to join the bank, bringing the bank's total approved membership to 70.

 

亚洲基础设施投资银行周四宣布期理事会已批准13个申请国加入该行，至此该行总核准成员国已达70个。

 

A spokesperson of AIIB made the announcement at a press conference here. This is the first time the multilateral development bank has welcomed new prospective³ members since its inception⁴.

 

The approved applicants are five regional prospective members -- Afghanistan, Armenia, Fiji, China's Hong Kong and Timor Leste -- and eight non-regional prospective members, namely Belgium, Canada, Ethiopia, Hungary, Ireland, Peru, Sudan and Venezuela.

 

"The interest in joining AIIB from around the world affirms the rapid progress we have made to establish the bank as an international institution," said Jin Liqun, president of AIIB.

 

"I am very proud that AIIB now has members from almost every continent, and we anticipate further applications being considered by our Board of Governors later this year," he said.

 

The 13 prospective members will officially join AIIB once they complete the required domestic processes and deposit the first installment⁵ of capital with the bank.

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