www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / View

Chance for peace in South Sudan

By He Wenping | China Daily | Updated: 2014-01-09 07:20

As peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels started in Ethiopia on Monday, China has urged South Sudan's warring sides to seek a reasonable and rational solution to their conflict and to restore the rule of law and order.

China is gravely concerned about the recent clashes in South Sudan, and hopes that both sides, in accordance with the comprehensive and long-term interest of the South Sudanese people, can agree to end the violence, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi after meeting separately with representatives of South Sudan's warring sides in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.

China is the largest investor in South Sudan, where it has great petroleum interests. South Sudan is estimated to have sub-Saharan Africa's third-biggest oil reserves, up to 3.5 billion barrels, and its highest daily output has been 250,000 barrels. In 2012 China imported 70 percent of South Sudan's crude oil, and Chinese petroleum enterprises have a 40 percent share in South Sudan's petroleum pipeline. Like the situation during Libya's civil war two years ago, Chinese people's personal and property safety in South Sudan have been threatened, and more than 300 Chinese people have been evacuated from South Sudan to neighboring countries. Because of this, some foreign media have claimed that China is the biggest victim of the conflict and now in a predicament.

However, it should be pointed out that, first and foremost, it is the South Sudanese people and the young country's development process that are suffering the most from the conflict. More than three weeks of chaos caused by the war have disrupted national reconstruction and caused a huge humanitarian disaster.

The peace talks are the first face-to-face negotiations between the South Sudan government forces led by President Salva Kiir and rebel forces loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar. The conflict was initially a power struggle between two factions within the ruling party, but it soon escalated into ethnic group killing because ethnic identity outweighs national identity in South Sudan. The ethnic violence between the majority Dinka group, which Kiir is from, and the second largest group, the Nuer, which Machar is from, is destroying the foundations of national identity and the war is bringing the country to the brink of being a failed state.

The war also threatens regional peace and stability. Compared with other parts of Africa, the Horn of Africa and North Africa have suffered a lot from the terrorist activities of extremist organizations and rebel forces. In recent years, the activities of Somalia's al-Shabab terrorist group have crossed the border of Somalia into Uganda and Kenya. Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have suffered for years from rebel forces such as the Lord's Resistance Army and the M23 rebel group. The Central African Republic has fallen into civil strife since the second half of 2013.

If South Sudan falls into a full-scale civil war, it will spillover into neighboring countries such as Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The conflict and ethnic violence in the world's newest country is also a slap in the face for the United States, which claimed South Sudan's referendum on independence in February 2011 was a success for its new Sudan strategy. The goal of the new strategy was not only South Sudan's independence, which the US hoped would give it access to its oil, but also to prevent the Islamic regime in Sudan from further expanding its influence in sub-Saharan Africa.

As the biggest investor in South Sudan's petroleum, the Chinese government has a stake in peace and stability in the country, and it has called on both sides to exercise restraint and solve their dispute through dialogue and negotiation. It is also actively supporting the mediation efforts of the African Union and Intergovernmental Authority on Development. China is willing to play a constructive role in promoting the peace talks between the warring parties in South Sudan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Addis Ababa on Monday at the start of a six-day visit to Africa.

Although the two sides still have differences in opinion, they have managed to narrow down those differences and increase consensus, which lays a foundation for the peace talks, Wang said.

This is a good beginning for achieving a political solution, as it hoped that consensus can be reached on stopping hostilities, releasing political prisoners, holding political dialogues and providing access for humanitarian aid. This will lay the foundations for further negotiations on possible power sharing.

Restoring peace and stability in South Sudan is the common desire of the international community and China is shouldering its responsibilities in trying to facilitate this.

The author is a senior fellow with the Chahar Institute and a researcher with the Institute of West Asian and African Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产大陆亚洲精品国产 | 精品一区二区三区视频在线观看 | 美国一级毛片片aa成人 | 成年人视频在线免费 | 国产精品九九视频 | 91精品福利手机国产在线 | 欧美偷拍小视频 | 米奇久久 | 欧美亚洲国产精品 | 国产男女交性视频播放免费bd | 久久国产精品久久国产精品 | 男女男精品视频免费观看 | 久久综合99re88久久爱 | 性福利视频| 韩国毛片一级 | 久久有这有精品在线观看 | 久久久久亚洲精品影视 | 国产成人久久精品激情91 | 俄罗斯黄色一级片 | 国产一级在线观看www色 | 日韩在线视频网址 | 欧美一级毛片在线一看 | 午夜爱爱毛片xxxx视频免费看 | wwwav视频| 国产成人精品三区 | 久草福利资源网站免费 | 国产日韩一区二区三区在线播放 | 国产在线精品观看一区 | 国产精品一级香蕉一区 | 国产视频一区二区三区四区 | 久久精品中文字幕一区 | 一级毛片牲交大片 | 精品日韩在线视频一区二区三区 | 国产在线观看第一页 | 一级视频在线观看 | 日韩免费黄色片 | 亚洲一区二区三区四区五区 | 在线毛片一区二区不卡视频 | 欧美成人综合在线 | 男人av的天堂 | 欧美手机手机在线视频一区 |