China's Hu Presses Sudan for Progress on Darfur
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KHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 2 -- Chinese President Hu Jintao urged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on Friday to work harder to bring more Darfur rebels into the peace process, according to a Sudanese official.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will seek to intensify the pressure on the government of Sudan to tackle the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Darfur region.
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Expectations were high ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Sudan amid signs the Asian giant is ready to flex its diplomatic muscle, with observers arguing it could succeed where months of Western pressure has failed to curb the violence in Darfur.
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Sudan will watch from a distance on Monday as world powers, including ally China, gather in Paris to seek ways to end the violence in Darfur, in a conference Khartoum rejects as a distraction from current peace efforts.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao visits oil-rich Sudan for controversial talks with President Omar al-Bashir.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan -- &quot;More needs to be done&quot; to end the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said after visiting a refugee camp Tuesday.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has launched a 12-day tour of Africa, his third since coming to power in 2003, stepping up China's campaign to win a larger share of Africa's oil and energy resources.
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The United States said on Monday that a visit by China's president to Sudan, when he offered a loan to build a presidential palace, sent "mixed signals" about Beijing's intent to press Khartoum over Darfur.
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China urged the international community on Thursday to show patience with Sudan and said new sanctions would only complicate efforts to implement a U.N. peace plan for strife-torn Darfur.
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The Sudanese government has made progress in meeting UN demands to end the Darfur crisis, Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday during a trip to the Abu Shouk refugee camp in northern Darfur.
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China should help resolve a humanitarian crisis in Darfur as one of a few "critical players", a British minister said on Tuesday, urging the world's most populous country to be more active in global diplomacy.
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President Hu Jintao of China has arrived in Liberia ahead of the most important stage of his African tour when he meets with Sudan's leaders about oil supplies and the Darfur conflict.
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China is willing to play a more constructive role in Darfur, an envoy said, offering to provide more aid to victims of the Sudan conflict critics say Beijing has ignored.
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, has suggested that the Sudanese government should grant more autonomy to the Darfur region in an effort to end the violence there.
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Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations Wang Guangya reiterated on Saturday China&#39;s firm opposition to imposing UN sanctions against Sudan over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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China should help resolve a  humanitarian crisis in Darfur as one of a few &quot;critical  players,&quot; a British minister said on Tuesday, urging the  world&#39;s most populous country to be more active in global  diplomacy.
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Steven Spielberg used his position as an artistic advisor for the 2008 Beijing Olympics to urge Chinese President Hu Jintao into pressure Sudan to accept UN peacekeepers. He also urged the Sudanese government to accept the peacekeepers. The UN peacekee...