U.S. fear from the expansion of Chinese investment in Iraq

warned the Washington Post to expand Alastmthary China has played in Iraq , which may be at the expense of U.S. companies.

The newspaper said that Beijing did not participate in the US-led invasion of Iraq or in the bloody military battles that followed. Did not make any investments in reconstruction projects or efforts made by the West to entrenchment of democracy activist in the heart of the Middle East.

Added but with the withdrawal of American forces and Iraq's openness to foreign investment China and the small number of countries that did not participate in the coalition forces rushing in these investments. Such States expand its presence in the field of oil exploration in Iraq , and also in areas such as construction and government services and even tourism , while the American companies are not shown great interest in investing in Iraq.

The paper by the Iraqi Minister of Industry Fawzi Hariri, saying that the United States does not really know what I should do in Iraq. Alluding to attempts by personal ex-officio to attract American companies to his country , although there had been no significant development so far.

Pointed to the Washington Post that China got 3 decades, for two of the two Americas, of the total 11 contracts signed by the Iraqi Oil Ministry during the past two years , in an attempt to increase crude production by 450 % over the next seven years . They also re- negotiate a deal by 3 billion dollars dating back to the previous regime.

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