Re: The reason that the DRC president is visiting Beijing
I stated a few weeks ago that I believed Felix's visit to Beijing was primarily for security talks due to increased rebel activities in the NE of the DRC, particularly activities sanctioned by Uganda and Rwanda. Well I was wrong.
According to Aljazeera.com (23 May 2023) the visit is to ink new minerals-for- infrastructure contracts. Given Beijing's quest for global mining and battery domination, Manono may get a mention. It's kinda the elephant in the room.
Ref: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023...his-week-minerals-trade-deal-signing-expected
Cheers
F
Felix could be playing both sides. See what he can get from china and if he isn't satisfied then they don't get manono.