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Embassy of Somalia in China

Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, the Gulf of Aden to the north, the Indian Ocean to the east, and Kenya to the southwest. Somalia has the longest coastline on the continent, and its terrain consists mainly of plateaus, plains and highlands. Hot conditions prevail year-round, along with periodic monsoon winds and irregular rainfall Read More

Embassy

Address:	No. 2, San Li Tun Lu, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Postal Code:	100600
Tel: ( ? )	(+86) 10 65321651 (+86) 10 65320717 (+86) 10 65325867
Fax:	(+86) 10 65321752
Email:	somaliaemb.beij@gmail.com

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Somalia China Relations

China–Somalia relations were established on 14 December 1960. The two countries signed their first trade agreement in June 1963.

History

Somalia and China have a long relations in terms of trade, military, cultural and even linguistic. The Somalis traded with the Ancient Shang and Zhou dynasties of China.

Despite the departure of most Chinese nationals from Somalia in 1991, the two countries maintained a small trading relationship; total trade volume in 2002 was US$3.39 million, with Somalia exporting US$1.56 million of goods to China and importing $1.83 million. In July 2007, the China state-owned oil company CNOOC signed an agreement with the Somali government to search for oil in the Mudug region of the semi-autonomous state of Puntland; a competing oil company estimated the total reserves in Puntland could amount to five to ten billion barrels of oil. However, an unnamed diplomat from a Western country stated that the Somali government had signed similar deals with other countries, which could bring CNOOC into conflict with foreign competitors over exploration and drilling rights.