Tri-party efforts 'Key' to Darfur

Pushing forward the Darfur issue into the next stage calls for multi-aspect efforts from the international community, a Chinese official said yesterday.

Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the "Darfur: Peace and Development" seminar held by the China Institute of International Studies in Beijing.

The Chinese side believes the three parties - Sudan, the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) - should fully play the role of the tri-party negotiation as a major channel to promote the deployment of the hybrid UN-AU mission at an early date through dialogue and equal consultation, Zhai said.