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US envoy to Sudan visits China for talks
Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2009 China said Tuesday that the US special envoy to Sudan had met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing to discuss the Darfur region and a peace agreement between the African country's north and south. Scott Gration met Liu Guijin, as well as Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi on Monday, a foreign ministry spokesman told reporters. "During these meetings, they exchanged views on the Darfur issue and the implementation of the north-south peace agreement," Ma Zhaoxu said. "The two sides agreed to pursue continued communication and coordination on the Darfur issue so as to promote an early and appropriate resolution of the issue," he said. The United States sees China as a key to ending the six-year war between the Arab government in Sudan and rebels in the western Darfur region because it is an ally of the regime, a military supplier and an importer of Sudanese oil. The United Nations says up to 300,000 people have died in Darfur from the combined effects of war, famine and disease and about 2.7 million fled their homes. Sudan puts the death toll at 10,000. Gration, a retired air force general, left China early Tuesday, the US embassy in Beijing said -- the first leg of a tour that will also take him to Qatar, Britain and France, according to US officials. In London, Gration will attend the Contact Group on Sudan -- composed of Canada, the European Union, France, Netherlands, Norway, Britain and the United States -- which is following up on the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The agreement ended a nearly 22-year civil war between Sudan's north and south that led to the deaths of around two million people. Share This Article With Planet Earth
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