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09:44, July 27, 2007 |
It's like sitting around a dinner table: Westerners use forks and knives, Chinese prefer chopsticks, and Arabs and Indians their hands. The mediums may be different, the purpose is the same.
Why should all of us have to use forks and knives? You should not force others to use the medium you like. The same applies to the negotiation table. The solution to a problem is more important than the means employed.
Coercion and confrontation "will lead us nowhere".
This is how China's special envoy to Darfur Liu Guijin describes the Darfur issue.
"China insists on using influence without interference, and we know respect for all the parties is vital to finding a solution," Liu said in an interview with China Daily.
"If the situation in Darfur gets out of control or if it gets too late before a solution is found, it will hurt the interest of not only the people in Darfur, but also the international community."
But to find a fair solution, "you have to learn how to deal with the Sudanese government" because no peacekeeping operation can be smooth without its support, Liu said. The international community should not forget that it is a "legitimate government that deserves respect".
"We sit together to solve the problem and restore peace in Darfur, not to punish one side in favor of another."
China has been trying to find a solution agreeable to all the parties. It has been trying to alleviate the suffering of the people, too.
It sent a team of agriculture experts to Sudan last month to study the possibility of setting up an agriculture technology demonstration center.
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