BEIJING (Reuters) - China hopes that Iraq can form a new inclusive government as soon as possible and will support efforts by Baghdad to protect its sovereignty, state media cited China's special envoy to the Middle East as saying on a visit to a key energy supplier.
China is Iraq's largest oil client, and its state energy firms, which include PetroChina <0857.HK>, Sinopec Group and CNOOC Ltd <0883.HK>, together hold more than a fifth of Iraq's oil projects after securing some of its fields through auctions in 2009.
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