Posted on 08/21/2016 10:59:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai
China wants to have closer military ties with Syria, state media on Tuesday cited a senior Chinese officer as saying during a rare visit to the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
While relying on the region for oil supplies, China tends to leave Middle Eastern diplomacy to the other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, namely the United States, Britain, France and Russia.
But China has been trying to get more involved, including sending envoys to help push for a diplomatic resolution to the violence there and hosting Syrian government and opposition figures.
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British, USA, China, France reportedly too, Russia, turkey, Iran, and ?? All shooting or bombing in vicinity of Syria. Pretty active place. Boom boom.
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