China in the Mashriq: New Best Friend

... building the infrastructure necessary for the project requires subsequent maintenance, i.e. additional costs in the future. Syria’s economy is far from being stable, and whether Damascus can afford this is an open question. Lebanon: another point on the BRI map Ruslan Mamedov: Iraq in the World Dis(Order) Zhai Jun, the Chinese government’s special envoy on the Middle East, stated during his visit to Lebanon in March 2023 that the resumption of diplomatic relations between KSA and Iran ...