The Chinese Foreign Ministry Monday advises Chinese nationals not to go to Iraq due to the current situation there.  

The ministry confirmed that seven Chinese citizens from China's Fujian Province were kidnapped by unidentified armed men in Fallujah, west of Baghdad on Sunday.

The ministry urged all Chinese nationals in Iraq to keep high vigilance, pay more attention to self-protection and keep contact with the team responsible for the re-establishment of the Chinese Embassy in Iraq.

(Xinhua News Agency April 12, 2004)