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Iran Joins China-Led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

© AFP 2023 / Takaki YajimaChinese President Xi Jinping meets with guests of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 24, 2014
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with guests of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 24, 2014 - Sputnik International
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The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank accepted Iran's membership on Tuesday, the Iranian embassy in Beijing said.

Director General for China in the World Economy, Li Daokui speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 - Sputnik International
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The Islamic Republic thus became the 34th founding member of the AIIB, which is the main rival of the World Bank, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.

The Iranian embassy noted that the AIIB officials had invited Iran's banking officials to attend the upcoming meetings of the bank.

Fifty-seven countries have applied for membership in the international bank and 34 have already been granted membership.

China is going to invest about $50 billion in the bank to hold about 50 percent of AIIB's shares.

Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, speaking on Saturday at a forum in Boao on the Southern Chinese island of Hainan, said the country plans to join the AIIB.

Washington’s European allies including Britain, France, Germany and Italy have already also announced they would join the bank, leaving the US isolated, World Bulletin reported.

Other countries such as Turkey and South Korea have also said they would join. Brazil, China's top trading partner, said on Friday it would sign up.

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