< p > It turns out they have the audacity to bully us! The Niger transitional government has issued an ultimatum to us! According to foreign media reports on May 23, the Niger transitional government officially issued a notice requiring all employees of China National Petroleum Corporation and China Natural Gas Group to leave its territory by May 31! What does this notice from Niger mean? This means that Niger has issued an expulsion order to our enterprises, and the infrastructure and energy enterprises we have painstakingly invested in Niger are very likely to be confiscated by Niger.< /p >< p > In fact, in March this year, the leader of the Niger military government, Chiyani, signed an emergency order requiring the three Chinese executives of China National Petroleum Corporation, Ningjin Refinery, and West African Oil Pipeline Company to leave within 48 hours, and sealed the refinery account. On the same day, the Niger Ministry of Tourism revoked the business license of the Sunshine International Hotel, a Chinese-funded enterprise, on the grounds of "discriminatory operation".< /p >< p > At that time, the reason given by Niger was "too large salary gap" and "failure to achieve localization rate". However, these are just superficial excuses. The fundamental reason is that the financial situation of the Niger transitional government is poor. The government intends to extort funds from our enterprises. And this time, Niger issued such a notice, which is more severe. In order to solve its financial difficulties, it has completely targeted us.< /p >< p > From our perspective, such a bad precedent is absolutely unacceptable. On the one hand, we need to initiate international arbitration procedures to defend our legitimate interests. But on the other hand, we must take tough actions to pressure Niger. For countries that do not respect basic rules, appropriate lessons must be given. We should let them know that harming our interests will incur costs. If we tolerate this trend, the safety of our overseas assets will undoubtedly face greater trouble.< /p >< p >< img src = "//p3-sign.toutiaoimg.com/tos-cn-i-ezhpy3drpa/f8994d9b43194143ad1dac8163c7638a~tplv-obj:1200:717.image?_iz=97245&bid=15&from=post&gid=1832924258201609&lk3s=06827d14&x-expires=1755734400&x-signature=FBPKpPkI1LBWM9D6i8Dqtw83vkE%3D" />< img src = "//p3-sign.toutiaoimg.com/tos-cn-i-ezhpy3drpa/316e5672f05443f8a557d768bab37ba2~tplv-obj:1200:1235.image?_iz=97245&bid=15&from=post&gid=1832924258201609&lk3s=06827d14&x-expires=1755734400&x-signature=NwB7UVFoJtFD45h1bA%2BaXMM4pqQ%3D" />< /p >< p > Source: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1832924258201609/< /p >< p > Statement: The article only represents the author's personal views< /p >