Lessons For China From Wagner''s Political
For Chinese enterprises and institutions operating in Niger and the broader Sahel region, a crucial question arises: How should
Foreign Minister Wang Yi has urged Niger 's junta government to resolve disputes with Chinese energy companies operating in the West African nation through dialogue. Wang made the remarks during talks with his Nigerien counterpart Bakary Yaou Sangare in the central Chinese city of Changsha on Wednesday.
Following the launch of a pipeline project in November backed by PetroChina, the publicly-listed arm of CNPC, linking the same oilfield to the port of Cotonou in neighboring Benin, the new deal is another sign that Chinese ties appear to be holding firm in post-coup Niger. Get a daily email packed with the latest China-Africa news and analysis.
Niger's ruling junta in March expelled three Chinese oil executives working for China National Petroleum Corporation and CNPC subsidiaries over salary disparities between expatriate and lower-paid local workers.
China has played a central role in building Niger's oil sector, beginning with a 2008 production-sharing agreement between Niamey and the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation. That deal led to the construction of a refinery and, later, a pipeline from the Agadem oil field to the coast of Benin.
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