China welcomes agreement among Sudan, UN, AU on Darfur issue

China on Thursday welcomes an agreement reached in a tripartite meeting among the Sudanese government, the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU), calling for resolving the Darfur issue through equal dialogues.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said this at a regular press conference in response to a question concerning the tripartite meeting .

Representatives of the three parties reached the agreement on increasing UN logistic support for the AU peacekeeping force in Darfur during a tripartite meeting held in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Monday.

"We hope parties concerned continue to implement the peace plan put forward by by former UN chief Kofi Annan through equal dialogues, and properly settle the Darfur issue so as to promote early peace, stability and development in the region," Qin said.

The Sudanese government, the UN and the AU worked out last November a three-phase support package concerning the light and heavy logistic supports to be provided by the UN to AU's peacekeeping force in Darfur.

Source: Xinhua