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The announcement caused some turmoil but internationally: has alleged that China have agreed to meet the United Nations sanctions, but offered by the collapse of the regime of dictator Gaddafi in Libya, even a considerable amount of weapons and ammunition. In addition, the traders from China have even offered to run to order further supplies.There is talk of offers from this July, where it comes to a total value of arms of the equivalent of 200 million U.S. dollars. should be gone. It was reported that at the current anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers and several other military equipment, the report says on this day in The New York Times.

Other newspapers had reported similar findings to the beginning of the week that business contacts between leaders Gaddafi and China should have given. Reports are also available for the correctness of the relations. In mid-July 2011 to be a group of delegates from Libya traveled to the People's Republic, there to hold talks with Chinese companies in the defense industry. Sometimes said to have been offered full inventory, it said. The transport should have been made by so-called third countries such as South Africa. From Algeria deliveries should have been executed. Because there are allegedly part of Chinese stocks. All be gone, especially in the interest of the Chinese hosts, very discrete manner. It is unclear however, whether – and, and if so – has actually given supplies. The National Transitional Council in Tripoli in any case it is assumed that weapons “made in China” have reached Libya.

Conceivable embarrassing for all concerned: The revealing documents were identified on a garbage heap in Tripoli. The United Nations but against not assume that there were weapons of this type of transaction. Because the fact does not actually say anything that the government of China is now the only representative from the UN Security Council, of the transitional council does not accept as a new instance in Libya. In Beijing, we confirmed the State Department initially that there had been a contact by Gaddafi's regime. Of these contacts, however, the government had known nothing. Even companies from China have not signed any contracts to an appropriate business relationship. Of course, the Chinese Government consider the UN resolution, the opinion of the Ministry spokeswoman.

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