2019 February 19
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At the recent Munich Security Conference, Director of China's Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office Yang Jiechi and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas confirmed their readiness to strengthen cooperation on international issues and address global challenges. - Read more
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Sunday signed with Pakistan eight agreements worth $20bn. One of the agreements is on Saudi Arabia's Aramco-run $10bn refinery in the Pakistani port of Gwadar, one of the world's largest refineries. - Read more
Chinese firm Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited (Poly-GCL) is to construct the 767-km Ethiopia-Djibouti natural gas pipeline. Recently, Poly-GCL discovered 7 to 8 billion cubic trillion feet of natural gas in Ethiopia's Somali regional state. - Read more
British intelligence has concluded that it is possible to mitigate the risk from using Huawei equipment in 5G networks, in a serious blow to US efforts to persuade allies to ban the Chinese supplier from high-speed telecommunications systems. - Read more