Laying the foundation for the establishment of 1,000 schools for China Enterprises, Iraqi Prime Minister: Obstructing the implementation of relevant agreement accusations is not true

According to the "Iraqi News" website reported on June 22, local time on Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said during the meeting of Minister of Council in Iraqi that the country The government is promoting a billions of dollars in strategic agreements with China, and stated that the first project in the agreement is to build 1,000 schools in Iraqi. It has begun to implement last week. At the same time, he denied that someone said he tried to obstruct the accusations signed with China.

Last Saturday, China aid Iraq's construction of 1,000 school projects held a start -up ceremony, and Mustafa Cardimi attended the ceremony.

According to the UAE's "National Daily" website, Prime Minister Iraqi said: "This is the first stage of reaching an agreement with China, and more schools will be built later. We will continue to implement some projects in accordance with the agreement."

Picture source: Iraqi Prime Minister's Office Twitter

Earlier, some people in Iraq have questioned the Iraqi government's lack of serious attitude in implementing this agreement. In this regard, Mustafa Cardimi emphasized: "Today, we promise to our people that this project will be completed under the framework of the Iran -China agreement. ","

According to Iraqi Saifang News Agency, in December last year, the Iraqi government announced that it had signed 15 contracts with China to build 1,000 schools in Iraq. China Power Construction undertakes the construction tasks of 679 schools in the Iraqi demonstration school project, distributed in 10 provinces in central Iraq. The construction content mainly includes the construction, structure, hydropower, ventilation and air conditioning, decoration, etc. of the school's main body. With the construction of different provinces, the construction of the school project group has entered a comprehensive implementation stage. In addition, 321 schools will be built by CLP International Technology Co., Ltd.

The "National Daily" website pointed out that from mid -2014 to the end of 2017, the war with the extreme organization "Islamic State" (ISIS) made most of the western and northern parts of Western Iraq. The progress of post -war reconstruction is extremely slow.

In order to overcome many obstacles, Iraq reached an agreement with China in September 2019 to obtain urgent needed funds, mainly used for infrastructure projects undertaken by Chinese companies. Iraq promised to sell 100,000 barrels of oil to Chinese companies every day. Called "oil replacement and reconstruction" project.

In 2003, China strongly opposed the Iraq war and called on relevant countries to stop military operations. Nearly 20 years after the outbreak of the Iraqi war, from the green energy and heavy oil factories to the construction of roads and schools, China is investing in various projects of billions of yuan in Iraq. It is reported that at present, Iraq has become a key part of China's "Belt and Road" initiative.

(Edit: HX)

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