China Denies Breaking U.N. Embargo
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BEIJING — China denied a report it broke a U.N. arms embargo against Sudan, and expressed concern over the International Criminal Court’s request to arrest the African nation’s President for war crimes.
A British Broadcasting Corp. investigation aired Monday found China supplied army trucks to Sudan and trained pilots to fly Chinese-made fighter jets. The same day, the Hague-based ICC sought the arrest of President al-Bashir of Sudan, citing his “criminal responsibility” for genocide in the Darfur region.
“The Chinese government has always adopted a responsible attitude toward military exports and never sells to countries under U.N. embargo,” A Foreign Ministry spokesman, Liu Jianchao, said yesterday in Beijing. “China has never violated any U.N. Security Council resolution.”
