Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi started a six-country tour of the Middle East this week. According to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, Wang Yi “will pay official visits to Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and a working visit to Oman from March 24 to 30.” All six countries Wang Yi will visit have signed on to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). So have Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, and Yemen. Israel and Jordan are the two countries in the region that have not signed a formal agreement on the BRI.
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