China–Libya relations

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

China–Libya relations

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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][4] Investigators have found that nuclear weapons designs obtained by Libya through a Pakistani smuggling network originated in China.[5][6]

On 5 September 2012, Libyan NTC spokesman, Abdulrahman Busin, said the NTC has hard evidence that Gaddafi bought arms from China.[7][8] Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu has confirmed arms sales talks with Gaddafi forces, but no arms were delivered.[9][10][11]

Chinese development finance to Libya

From 2000 to 2012, there were 3 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Libya through various media reports.[12] They are three batches of humanitarian relief materials in 2011,[13] an MOU of investment cooperation in the fields of transportation, farming, irrigation, fishing and the textiles,[14] and a US$300 million low-interest loan to the LAP Green Network, a Libyan telecom firm in 2009.[15]

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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.
  4. Nazi, Nazir Naji (2010). "Colonel Gaddafi's Libya and his Nuclear ambitions". Nazir Nazi and Jang Group of Media. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. "Libyan Arms Designs Traced Back to China". Washington Post. 2004-02-15. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  6. "China 'link' to Libya nuke design". BBC. 2004-02-16. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  7. "China denies report, says it did not sell weapons to Libya". CNN. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  8. "China Sought to Sell Arms to Qaddafi, Documents Suggest". New York Times. 2011-09-05. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  9. "China confirms Libya arms sale talks". Financial Times. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  10. "Libyans say China, Europe sent arms to Gaddafi". Reuters. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  11. "Did China Sell Arms to Libya?". The Diplomat. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  12. "Tracking Chinese Development Finance". china.aiddata.org.
  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
  15. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection
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