China–Libya relations

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China–Libya relations
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China–Libya relations refers to the bilateral relations between China and Libya. China and Libya established diplomatic relations in August 1978.

Economic relations[]

In the first 8 months of 2012, Libya was China's 5th largest trading partner in Africa.[1]

Military relations[]

In 1970, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his Prime Minister Abdessalam Jalloud made an unsuccessful attempt to convince China to sell tactical nuclear weapons to Libya.[2] In a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, Gaddafi unsuccessfully attempted to convince Zhou to sell him a nuclear bomb.[3] Investigators have found that nuclear weapons designs obtained by Libya through a Pakistani smuggling network originated in China.[4][5]

On 5 September 2012, Libyan NTC spokesman, Abdulrahman Busin, said the NTC has hard evidence that Gaddafi bought arms from China.[6][7] Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu has confirmed arms sales talks with Gaddafi forces, but no arms were delivered.[8][9][10]

Chinese development finance to Libya[]

From 2000 to 2012, there were 3 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Libya through various media reports.[11] They are three batches of humanitarian relief materials in 2011,[12] an MOU of investment cooperation in the fields of transportation, farming, irrigation, fishing and the textiles,[13] and a US$300 million low-interest loan to the LAP Green Network, a Libyan telecom firm in 2009.[14]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mozambique-China Trade Continues to Grow". allafrica.com. 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2012-12-09.
  2. ^ The Risk Report Volume 1 Number 10 (December 1995) Page 1, 3-4. "Libya Has Trouble Building the Most Deadly Weapons". The Risk Report Volume 1 Number 10 (December 1995) Page 1, 3-4. Wisconsin Project reports. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  3. ^ Nazi, Nazir Naji (2010). "Colonel Gaddafi's Libya and his Nuclear ambitions". Nazir Nazi and Jang Group of Media. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ "Libyan Arms Designs Traced Back to China". The Washington Post. 2004-02-15. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  5. ^ "China 'link' to Libya nuke design". BBC. 2004-02-16. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  6. ^ "China denies report, says it did not sell weapons to Libya". CNN. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  7. ^ "China Sought to Sell Arms to Qaddafi, Documents Suggest". The New York Times. 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  8. ^ "China confirms Libya arms sale talks". Financial Times. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  9. ^ "Libyans say China, Europe sent arms to Gaddafi". Reuters. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  10. ^ "Did China Sell Arms to Libya?". The Diplomat. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  11. ^ "Tracking Chinese Development Finance". china.aiddata.org.
  12. ^ Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection
  13. ^ Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection
  14. ^ Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection
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