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China’s Leader Visits Sudan And Focuses On Growing Economic TiesKHARTOUM, Sudan, Feb. 2 (Reuters) — President Hu Jintao of China on Friday pledged a new level of cooperation between his country and Sudan, Chinas third largest African trading partner, at the start of his first visit to Sudan. Mohammad Nureldin Abdalla/ReutersChinese president Hu Jintao and his Sudanese counterpart Omar Hassan al-Bashir inspected a guard of honour at Khartoum airport. Western leaders had hoped that Mr. Hu would use his trip to press President Omar Hassan al-Bashir to accept United Nations peacekeepers in Darfur, the western region of Sudan, and resolve the four-year conflict there. Mr. Hu told Mr. Bashir that Darfur is a part of Sudan, and you have to resolve this problem, said a person who attended the talks between the leaders on Friday. But Mr. Hus two-day visit, which includes a trip to a Chinese-built oil refinery, is expected to focus more on growing economic links than on bringing peace to western Sudan. I am confident this visit will facilitate a strengthening of the traditional friendship between China and Sudan and bring cooperation between the countries to a new level, Mr. Hu said in a statement, which also mentioned strengthening economic ties. The West is concerned by what it views as Chinas no strings attached aid policy throughout Africa. Western officials say it could undermine efforts to link good governance, accountability and protection of human rights to financial aid and cooperation. Chinas approach has raised special concerns over Sudan. The United States in particular has pressed China to use its economic muscle to persuade the government to end atrocities in Darfur, where four years of war have killed 200,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes. Hundreds of people waving banners that read Welcome Hu Jintao, welcome to Sudan lined the streets of the capital, which was festooned with Sudanese and Chinese flags. Thousands of Chinese expatriates live in Sudan, working on construction projects and in Sudans budding oil industry. At the refinery Mr. Hu was scheduled to visit, about 50 miles north of Khartoum, hundreds of uniformed Chinese workers lined up to greet him. Security was tight at the site, a compound of sparkling new buildings, tarmac roads and rows of new cars. The refinery processes around 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day. Sudans Islamic government, under American sanctions, has relied on its Asian ally to expand oil production to 330,000 barrels per day and build key infrastructure like dams and roads. Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationChinese Tires Are Ordered Recalled...Musharraf Is Still Focus in Pakistan... Britain to Seek Greater Role in Peace Talks in Sri Lanka... South Koreans Connect Through Search Engine... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - China’s Leader Visits Sudan And Focuses On Growing Economic Ties |
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