Morning of August 30, to attend the china-africa cooperation BBS Beijing summit of the republic of south Sudan President salva kiir to visit Chinese oil group headquarters, and the Chinese oil group chairman wang yilin on further deepening friendly meeting held in oil and gas cooperation, and together with the Chinese ambassador to south Sudan xiang-dong he witnessed the China petroleum and south Sudan's oil cooperation memorandum of understanding signed.
At 11:43 PM, President kiir arrived at the China petroleum building accompanied by he xiangdong and other officials. Wang yilin warmly welcomed kiir and took a photo with him in front of the iron man statue
Later, wang yilin met with President kiir and exchanged views on further deepening cooperation in the field of oil and gas and pushing bilateral oil and gas cooperation into a new stage of development.
Kiir said it is a great pleasure to visit China petroleum. Petrochina is a very important partner of south Sudan and the two sides have established sound cooperative relations. The oil industry plays an important role in south Sudan's national economy. Currently, the government of south Sudan is formulating a new development plan in the field of oil exploration and development, hoping to promote the long-term, stable and sustainable development of south Sudan's economy and society. It is gratifying that with the joint efforts of both sides, substantive progress has been made in the resumption of project production in the area of south 124. We hope that the signing of the memorandum of understanding will accelerate this process and deepen the strategic cooperative partnership between the two sides.
Kiir said the security situation in south Sudan is continuing to improve. South Sudan government promises to provide China with the personal and property security, such as hope that Chinese oil can on the basis of the existing cooperative blocks, accelerate the petroleum exploration and development, the technical support, continue to play its advantages in aspects of personnel training, positive performance of the corporate social responsibility, more widely and more deeply involved in the south Sudan's oil cooperation, efforts to create more economic benefits for both sides in the south and social benefits.
Wang yilin first extended a warm welcome to President kiir for his visit and expressed sincere gratitude to the President and the government of south Sudan for their care, support and assistance to the cooperation between China and south Sudan.
Wang yilin said that since the founding of south Sudan in July 2011, CNPC has worked hard to overcome the severe security situation, continued production suspension of oil fields in the area of 124 and low international oil prices, and maintained the stable production of the project in the area of 37, playing a positive role in the national economic development of south Sudan. Petrochina is honored and proud to have the opportunity to participate in the investment construction and development of south Sudan's oil industry.
Wang yilin hopes that President hu will continue to follow and support CNPC's oil cooperation project in south Sudan. CNPC is willing to follow the principle of "consultation on an equal footing, mutual benefit and win-win outcome" and continue to give play to its technical and professional advantages. CNPC will actively explore the possibility of further deepening cooperation with the government of south Sudan to push china-south Sudan oil and gas cooperation to a new stage. CNPC is confident to fulfill the cooperation agreement, especially the memorandum of understanding signed today, and accelerate the resumption of production and related support in the area of south 124. China will, as always, strengthen the training and training of oil-related technicians in south Sudan and bring the achievements of oil and gas cooperation to the benefit of the two peoples.
After the meeting, wang yilin and oil minister of south Sudan ezzakel ruel signed the memorandum of understanding on cooperation between China petroleum and south Sudan's oil ministry on behalf of the two sides. According to the memorandum of understanding, the ministry of petroleum of China and the ministry of petroleum of south Sudan will carry out more pragmatic cooperation in areas such as stable production in 37 districts of south Sudan, comprehensive resumption of production in 124 districts of south Sudan, technical support and personnel training.
He was accompanied by the minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation of south Sudan, the minister of presidential affairs, the minister of finance and economic planning, the minister of roads and Bridges and the ambassador to China. Xu wenrong, jiao fangzheng, hou qijun and wang zhongcai, as well as leaders of related departments and units of the headquarters, attended relevant activities.
