Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Wednesday welcomed the adoption by
the UN Security Council of a resolution authorizing a 26,000-strong
joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur,
Sudan.
Speaking before the media at the sidelines of the 14th ASEAN
Regional Forum in Manila, Yang said the move by the UN is a good
one that is worth welcoming by the international community, as it
is helpful to find a political solution to the Darfur problem.
He also said the sending of a UN-African Union peacekeeping
force to Darfur is to push all the parties involved in the conflict
to implement the peace agreements they have signed and finally
obtain a lasting peace in the troubled area.
(Xinhua News Agency August 1, 2007)
