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Afghanistan-China/Oil Deal
Kabul, Afghanistan - Jan 5, 2023 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Signing of oil extraction deal in progress
2. Li Wenbin, chairman of Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company (CAPEIC), signing contract
3. Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar, Minister of Mines and Petroleum of Afghan Interim Government, signing contract
4. Various of Li, Delawar shaking hands, exchanging contracts
5. Attendees
6. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Prime Minister of Afghan Interim Government:
"I, as the Economic Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, pledge to cooperate with the contracting company. All government institutions and organizations will fully assist the contracting company."
7. Attendees
8. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar, Minister of Mines and Petroleum of Afghan Interim Government:
"Oil will now be extracted from the holy soil of Afghanistan. This area of land which spans approximately 4,500 square kilometers has been verified to contain oil. A deal has been signed with the Chinese company CAPEIC and covers part of the land. The rest has not been surveyed."
9. Flags
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan:
"The Amu Darya oil project is an important project of practical cooperation between China and Afghanistan. Over the past year, the relevant departments of the Chinese and Afghanistan governments have implemented a high-level consensus between the two sides and made a lot of efforts to steadily restart the project."
11. Various of attendees
The interim Afghan government has signed a deal with a Chinese company to extract oil in the country's northern Amu Darya river basin.
The contract with China's Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company (CAPEIC) was signed in Kabul on Thursday in the presence of Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu, and Economic Deputy Prime Minister of the Afghan Interim Government Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
It is the first major international energy extraction deal the Taliban administration has signed with a foreign company since it took power in 2021.
"I, as the Economic Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, pledge to cooperate with the contracting company. All government institutions and organizations will fully assist the contracting company," Baradar told the gathering at the contract signing ceremony.
"Oil will now be extracted from the holy soil of Afghanistan. This area of land which spans approximately 4,500 square kilometers has been verified to contain oil. A deal has been signed with the Chinese company CAPEIC and covers part of the land. The rest has not been surveyed," said Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar, Minister of Mines and Petroleum of the Afghan Interim Government.
"The Amu Darya oil project is an important project of practical cooperation between China and Afghanistan. Over the past year, the relevant departments of the Chinese and Afghanistan governments have implemented a high-level consensus between the two sides and made a lot of efforts to steadily restart the project," said Wang, the Chinese ambassador.
Afghanistan-China/Oil Deal
Dateline : Jan 5, 2023
Location : Afghanistan
Duration : 2'03
Kabul, Afghanistan - Jan 5, 2023 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Signing of oil extraction deal in progress
2. Li Wenbin, chairman of Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company (CAPEIC), signing contract
3. Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar, Minister of Mines and Petroleum of Afghan Interim Government, signing contract
4. Various of Li, Delawar shaking hands, exchanging contracts
5. Attendees
6. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Prime Minister of Afghan Interim Government:
"I, as the Economic Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, pledge to cooperate with the contracting company. All government institutions and organizations will fully assist the contracting company."
7. Attendees
8. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar, Minister of Mines and Petroleum of Afghan Interim Government:
"Oil will now be extracted from the holy soil of Afghanistan. This area of land which spans approximately 4,500 square kilometers has been verified to contain oil. A deal has been signed with the Chinese company CAPEIC and covers part of the land. The rest has not been surveyed."
9. Flags
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan:
"The Amu Darya oil project is an important project of practical cooperation between China and Afghanistan. Over the past year, the relevant departments of the Chinese and Afghanistan governments have implemented a high-level consensus between the two sides and made a lot of efforts to steadily restart the project."
11. Various of attendees
The interim Afghan government has signed a deal with a Chinese company to extract oil in the country's northern Amu Darya river basin.
The contract with China's Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company (CAPEIC) was signed in Kabul on Thursday in the presence of Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu, and Economic Deputy Prime Minister of the Afghan Interim Government Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
It is the first major international energy extraction deal the Taliban administration has signed with a foreign company since it took power in 2021.
"I, as the Economic Deputy Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, pledge to cooperate with the contracting company. All government institutions and organizations will fully assist the contracting company," Baradar told the gathering at the contract signing ceremony.
"Oil will now be extracted from the holy soil of Afghanistan. This area of land which spans approximately 4,500 square kilometers has been verified to contain oil. A deal has been signed with the Chinese company CAPEIC and covers part of the land. The rest has not been surveyed," said Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar, Minister of Mines and Petroleum of the Afghan Interim Government.
"The Amu Darya oil project is an important project of practical cooperation between China and Afghanistan. Over the past year, the relevant departments of the Chinese and Afghanistan governments have implemented a high-level consensus between the two sides and made a lot of efforts to steadily restart the project," said Wang, the Chinese ambassador.
ID : 8306672
Published : 2023-01-06 22:19
Last Modified : 2023-01-07 15:26:24
Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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