Lobito Corridor Not Intended to Counter China in Africa, Says New CEO

The Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) corridor is purely a commercial venture with “zero geopolitical considerations,” said the new CEO, Nicholas Fournier, in an interview with the South China Morning Post newspaper.

Fournier said the upgrade of the massive 1,800km-long railway that ends from the copper/cobalt belt in Zambia and the DR Congo will be open to everyone and is not explicitly aimed at countering China, as has often been stated by U.S. stakeholders.

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