尼日利亚媒体近日广泛报道，中国进出口银行已批准为拉各斯-伊巴丹标轨铁路项目提供贷款。尼铁公司总经理奥克里亚表示，随着中国进出口银行批贷，拉伊铁路项目破土动工准备就绪。

"The Export-Import Bank of China has approved $1.275 billion (about N408 billion) loan for the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line project." – breaking news widely covered by Nigeria media recently. According to reporting, the Managing Director of Nigerian Railway Corporation Mr. Fidet Okheria said on January 29 that with the approval of the funds by the Chinese Exim bank, all was set for the commencement of the construction of the modern rail line from Lagos to Ibadan.

这对中国外长王毅来说并不意外。上月王外长正式访尼时，引用数据说明中尼双边合作所取得的成就。王外长并表示，中尼互为重要战略伙伴，两国关系发展良好。与两国体量、人口和市场相比，中尼合作仍有巨大空间有待发掘。诚然，王外长此访目的正是落实两国元首重要共识和中非合作论坛约堡峰会成果。

No surprise to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, I believe. When he was here in Abuja for an official visit last month, Foreign Minister Wang highlighted the achievements of bilateral cooperation between China and Nigeria with striking statistics. "Nigeria and China are strategic partners; our relations have been developing well. China has already invested or financed a total number of $22 billion projects here in Nigeria, another $23 billion projects are on-going. In addition, we are also following up another over $40 billion of investments which is in the pipeline," he said. "Compared with the size, population and market of our two countries, our cooperation still have large potential to be deepened," he added. Indeed, the purpose of Foreign Minister Wang's visit to Nigeria was to implement the important agreements and cooperation reached between the Chinese and Nigerian presidents and to help work closely with Nigeria to ensure that the outcome of the Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Johannesburg Summit are well implemented here in Nigeria.

此次中国进出口银行应尼方请求拟向拉伊铁路项目提供的优惠性质贷款，是习近平主席2015年12月在中非合作论坛峰会上宣布的600亿美元资金支持的一部分。

What China Exim Bank has agreed this time is to provide $1.275 billion concessionary loan to support the Lagos-Ibadan rail line project as requested by the Nigeria side. The loan is part of the $60 billion funding support Chinese President Xi Jinping announced at the FOCAC Johannesburg Summit in December 2015.