LONDON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A visiting senior Chinese
diplomat said here Thursday that China had done a great deal in order to solve
the Darfur issue.
"Chinese government has done a great deal in order to
solve the Darfur issue." Liu Guijin, special representative of the Chinese
government on the Darfur issue, said at a news conference at the Chinese Embassy
in London.
Chinese President Hu Jintao had met the Sudanese
President Omeral-Bashir twice during a trip to Sudan last February and the
Beijing Summit of China-Africa Cooperation Forum in 2006, said Liu, who is a
former ambassador to Zimbabwe and South Africa, and has been engaged in African
affairs for more than 25 years.
"Because of the efforts made by the international
community, and by the Chinese government, the Sudanese government has accepted
the deployment of the hybrid peacekeeping forces in Darfur and the UN security
council has adopted the resolution 1769,which has put the Darfur issue on a road
of political settlement." said Liu.
China has pledged to send a 315-member
multi-functional engineering unit to the region, and 140 members have arrived
and carried out effective work in building camps, wells, roads for the hybrid
operation, said Liu, adding that the rest 175 were preparing to go there soon.
Liu also detailed on China's humanitarian assistance
in the Darfur region.
China provided assistance of about 11 million U.S.
dollars in five batches, and provided Sudan with power generators, pumps and 120
schools, he said.
China has already helped the Sudanese dig 46 wells
and build 20power plants to ease the severe water shortage in the country, which
is one of the major causes for turmoil in the Darfur region. And Chinese
companies have spent 50 million U.S. dollars in building 85 km of water
pipelines and digging wells in southern Darfur, which will be completed in
months.
Moreover, china will provide another 90 million U.S.
dollars in soft loan for the construction of water supply facilities in northern
Darfur.
Liu said that china will do more for the Sudanese,
and hoped that other countries would do "tangible and practical work" to help
relieve the sufferings in the Darfur region.
China was the first nation outside Africa to send
peacekeepers to Darfur and the first and biggest development aid provider to the
region.
Chinese premier, British PM discuss
Darfur, bilateral relations via telephone
BEIJING, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao
spoke with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on the phone Tuesday to discuss
bilateral relations, the issue of Sudan's Darfur region and other international
issues.
Both leaders hailed the good momentum in the growth of China-Britain relations and pledged to work together for
stronger bilateral ties by deepening cooperation in economy, trade,
environmental protection, energy conservation, culture and the Olympic
Games. Full story
Pressure, sanctions not helpful for
resolving Darfur issue
LONDON, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A visiting senior Chinese
diplomat said here Thursday that pressure and sanctions would not be helpful for
the resolution of the Darfur issue.
"One of the policies of Chinese government is that we
have always stood for equal dialogue, patient consultation and negotiations in
order to solve the political issues ... No pressure or sanctions can solve the
wars or turmoil in essence," Liu Guijin, special representative of the Chinese
government to Darfur issue, said at a news conference held at Chinese Embassy in
London. Full story
China makes unremitting efforts to
resolve crisis in Darfur
KHARTOUM, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has
made unremitting efforts to help resolve the crisis in Sudan's western region of
Darfur, said Chinese Ambassador to Sudan Li Chengwen in an interview with Xinhua
reporter based here on Saturday.
Li's statement came as a response to Hollywood movie
director Steven Spielberg's action of withdrawal from 2008 Beijing Olympics,
linking the Games to the nation's involvement in Sudan. Full story
China says linking Olympics with
Darfur issue against Olympic Spirit
BEIJING, Feb.14 (Xinhua) -- China said Thursday it exerts
positive efforts to resolve Darfur issue, and that linking the issue to the
Olympic Games will not help and is against the Olympic Spirit that separates
sports from politics.
"We noticed recent discussions and acts on China's
stance on Darfur issue. According to my knowledge, some are out of the concerns
over the situation there, but others tried to link the issue with China's policy
on Sudan and Beijing Olympic Games," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao
told a regular press conference. Full story
China to continue discussion with
Sudan on Darfur issue
BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- China's position on Darfur issue is very
clear, and its starting point is to push forward the reconciliation process in
the region so as to ease the humanitarian crisis and restore stability and
development in the region and help people there to get rid of the difficulties
in their life, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said here
Thursday. Full story
Linking Olympics with Darfur issue
"strongly" opposed
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The
practice of using the Olympic Games to hype political issues such as
Darfur, is of apparent political intention, Foreign Ministry spokesperson
Jiang Yu told a routine press conference. "Such practice violates the Olympic
spirit and principle, and will never succeed."
China is firmly opposed to those persons or organizations
who hype particular issues in the name of the Olympics, said Jiang in response
to the question that whether China would put more pressure on Sudan as someone
considered China's continued support for the regime in Sudan could tarnish the
Olympics. Full story
