Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir received Sunday Special Envoy of the Chinese government and Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun who was currently visiting Sudan.

During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on the bilateral relations between China and Sudan, the Darfur problem as well as other issues.

Zhai Jun noted that the successful state visit paid by Chinese President Hu Jintao in Sudan in February of this year had injected new vigor into the Sino-Sudanese relations.

He hoped that the Sudanese government could show more flexibility on a plan proposed by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on the Darfur issue, continuously improve the humanitarian and security situations and speed up the political process in Darfur.

He said that the Chinese side was willing to continuously play a constructive role for realizing the peace, stability and development in Darfur as soon as possible.

The Sudanese president highly praising the relations of cooperation and friendship between Sudan and China.

He announced that his government accepted in principle the Annan Plan.

He said that the Sudanese government was willing to hold more consultations with the United Nations and the African Union on the implementation of the Annan Plan, and enhance the contacts with all the parties concerned, hoping that the peace and stability would be realized early in Darfur.

Zhai Jun and his delegation arrived in Khartoum on Friday on a four-day official visit in Sudan.

On Sunday, the Chinese envoy held a meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ali Ahmed Kerti.

Source: Xinhua