中國派遣特使斡旋南北蘇丹石油糾紛

China is sending an envoy to Sudan and South Sudan to help resolve a dispute over oil exports, of which China is a major customer. The foreign ministry in Beijing said Monday that China's special representative on African affairs, Liu Guijin, will visit the two countries in the coming days.

Sudan blocked the landlocked south from exporting oil last week, citing South Sudan's failure to pay certain transit fees. Sudan later said it would take about a quarter of southern oil production in lieu of payment. South Sudanese officials described the plan as extortion and theft. China depends on the two Sudans for about five percent of its oil.中國向蘇丹和南蘇丹派出了一位特使，幫助斡旋雙方就石油出口產生的糾紛，中國是蘇丹和南蘇丹石油的一個重要消費國。北京的外交部星期一說，中國非洲事務特別代表劉貴今將在今後幾天訪問南北蘇丹。

上星期，蘇丹封鎖了地處內陸的南蘇丹出口石油，並稱南蘇丹沒有支付一定的轉運費。蘇丹晚些時候表示，他們將從南蘇丹石油生產中提取四分之一當作支付轉運費。南蘇丹則稱這樣一個計劃是敲詐和偷盜。中國大約5%的石油消費來自兩個蘇丹。