IRNA – Second Belt, Road Media Forum attended by editors, directors and reporters from 21 countries, including Iran opened in Beijing on Tuesday.

Hosted by China Daily, the event will mainly seek to introduce the opportunities and capacities of the ‘Belt and Road’ project and create synergy among all the media of the member-states.

Director General of IRNA’s Multimedia Department Mohammad Mehdi Jalili is representing Iran in the 20-day event.

Promoting interaction, establishing deep communications, creating friendship and solidarity among directors of media of Belt-Road member states and transfer of information about achievements of the initiative are among the other objectives of the forum.

During the inaugural ceremony, Editor-in-Chief of China Daily Zhou Shuchun described Belt and Road Initiative as an opportunity for countries to get acquainted with China.