World Is Worried Over Chinese Military Base Plans In Africa

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America is going all out to discourage Equatorial Guinea in order the country does not tie up with China to build military base in the country’s Atlantic Coast.

Beijing a launchpad in waters is a dangerous deal for all those around the Atlantic; and US isn’t going to let that happen. Earlier on, China had been trying to dock itself in Sri Lanka, an effort that was thwart by India too.

 A top American delegation is planning to visit the Central African country next week. The delegation will comprise senior U.S. diplomatic and military personnel that plan to visit the small, according to government officials, and is expected to discuss American counter-piracy assistance and other inducements intended to convince Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo to spurn Beijing’s advances.

The Sino interference is becoming a matter of concern for everyone. Meanwhile other countries are making their big contributions to thaw the Chinese efforts to expand themselves in Africa. European Union for example has invested some 20 billion euros into setting up infrastructure in Africa. The continent doesn’t seem to have its own say in what is best for them. Everyone else seems to be taking a decision for them.

 

To be announced next week in the summit at Brussels, the investment would look at financing African transport networks, energy, digital, education and health projects to counter China’s reach in the continent. According to a draft of the package, the EU bloc’s plan includes strategic corridors, international submarine cables, new energy interconnections and investments in renewable sources in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Morocco and Kenya.

 

“We’d really, really not like to see a Chinese facility” on the Atlantic, said Tibor Nagy, Ms. Phee’s predecessor as assistant secretary of state for African affairs.

 

The summit will see the presence of a delegation led by the State Department’s top African official, Molly Phee, and Maj. Gen. Kenneth Ekman of the military’s Africa Command.

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