To confiscate any assets, including minerals, would "confirm peoples initial biases of China as a neocolonial actor," Jili said, and risk upsetting diplomatic ties with "some of the few friends that China has on the global stage."
Jili yagize ati: "Kwambura umutungo uwo ari we wese, harimo n'amabuye y'agaciro byagaragaza ko abantu bafata ubushinwa nkaho buri mu gihe cy'ubukoroni kandi ibyo bishobora guhungabanya umubano w’ibihugu n'ububanyi n’amahanga hamwe na zimwe mu nshuti nke Ubushinwa bufite ku isi yose. "