China: Iraq will be an important transit route for goods to Asia and Africa





China said on Sunday that Iraq will be an important transit route for the shipment of goods from China to a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Europe after the completion of the Silk Road, indicating its intention to assist Iraq in the reconstruction and reconstruction of liberated cities.

"China intends to participate in the construction and reconstruction that Iraq is setting up in the coming periods in the liberated areas of the denigration of terrorism," said Lu Lin, assistant to the Foreign Affairs Bureau of Fujian Province, in an interview with the official daily Al-Sabah. .

He stressed that "dozens of companies in his province are determined to invest in Iraq in various fields, especially industrial and technology," pointing out that "Fujian province has many productive capacity, industrial and commercial that will enable them to play a vital role in the industrial map of China in the coming years" .

"We have had discussions with Iraq to produce different types of ships that are used for different purposes, especially cargo," Li said. "We have reached important results in this regard with Iraq."

"The Beijing government is very keen to complete the Silk Road Trade Project, which links China with the West and East Asia regions," he said, adding that "large sums will be allocated for the completion of the project, where it will revive trade exchanges with many countries on this road, Especially Iraq, which will be an important corridor for the transport of goods from China to a number of countries in Asia, Africa and Europe. "

"China is seeking to strengthen cooperation with the East and West Asian countries via the Silk Road, not only in the economic and trade fields but also in the cultural, scientific and humanitarian fields with countries bordering on that important strategic road," Li said.

Fujian Province is the first commercial Silk Road and occupies an advanced position among the productive areas in China, especially after it achieved more than 28 billion dollars in total production volume, and is famous in many industries, productivity, technology and oil, which enabled it to attract investments Worth eight billion dollars.

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