FM defends mediation efforts in South Sudan

Wang Yi rejects notion China safeguarding its oil interests in region

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has defended China's mediation efforts in South Sudan, rejecting the notion that they were intended to safeguard its own oil interests.

The minister made the remarks at a news conference on Sunday with his Sudanese counterpart Ali Karti in Khartoum, capital of Sudan, according to the Foreign Ministry's website.