Want... Austria has decided to participate in the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a foreign ministry spokesperson told Xinhua on Tuesday.
The decision was made after a cabinet meeting Tuesday, the spokesperson said.
Together with Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland, Austria has become the sixth European state that has declared its intention to become a founding member of the China-proposed AIIB.
The ministry earlier told local media that Austria's participation in the AIIB would be in line with government goals of building strategic partnerships with Asian countries, saying from an economic perspective it is also important for Austrian companies to be represented in Asia, which could be problematic without membership of the AIIB.