The UN Security Council has decided unanimously to deploy 26,000 UN and African Union (AU) troops and policemen in Darfur, with Sudan accepting the plan as "practical" and saying it will cooperate fully with the "hybrid force".
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, too, has praised the move. It will help find a political solution to the Darfur problem, he said yesterday.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the 14th ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila, Yang said the "hybrid peacekeeping force" in the Darfur regions will force all the parties involved in the conflict to implement the peace agreements they have signed, creating an atmosphere for lasting peace.
The joint operation, which the UN decided on Tuesday, will cost $2 billion in its first year. The "hybrid force" will also take over from the AU troops in Sudan's remote west.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol said: "It's practical. It's taken into consideration most of our concerns - we are comfortable with the resolution."
"We can live with it," he said. The government has no problems with the timetable of deployment, which is expected to take up to a year to get the entire force in place.
"Now that we have been part of the discussion we will definitely cooperate with it," he said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the unanimous resolution as "historic and unprecedented" and said the mission would "make a clear and positive difference".
The adoption of Resolution 1769 (2007) means the official endorsement of the third phase of former UN chief Kofi Annan's peace plan, which is the turning point in Darfur, said He Wenping, director of African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
"China has played a constructive role in bringing different parties to the negotiation table and persuaded Sudan to adopt a more flexible attitude," He said.
As the Darfur situation is changing for the better, China's efforts are being appreciated by the international community, He said.
China's ambassador to the UN Wang Guangya said deploying peacekeepers is only one aspect of the settlement in Darfur. The "two-track strategy" should continue in order to accelerate the political process.
"The fundamental requirement for having lasting peace and stability in Darfur is to encourage all factions in the region to conclude and implement a comprehensive peace agreement," Wang said after the Security council adopted the resolution.
China has been saying that the root cause of the Darfur problem is poverty, and the international community, too, accepts that now, Wang said, stressing that more attention be paid to rehabilitation, reconstruction and development.
"The international community should deal with the problem keeping in mind a long-term solution. It should work out a development strategy for Darfur in consultation with the government of Sudan, and provide more inputs to economic and social development to fundamentally improve the livelihood of the people and remove the source of conflicts," he said.
China sincerely hopes to see an early settlement to the issue in a fair, equitable and proper manner, he said.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, too, has praised the move. It will help find a political solution to the Darfur problem, he said yesterday.
Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the 14th ASEAN Regional Forum in Manila, Yang said the "hybrid peacekeeping force" in the Darfur regions will force all the parties involved in the conflict to implement the peace agreements they have signed, creating an atmosphere for lasting peace.
The joint operation, which the UN decided on Tuesday, will cost $2 billion in its first year. The "hybrid force" will also take over from the AU troops in Sudan's remote west.
Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol said: "It's practical. It's taken into consideration most of our concerns - we are comfortable with the resolution."
"We can live with it," he said. The government has no problems with the timetable of deployment, which is expected to take up to a year to get the entire force in place.
"Now that we have been part of the discussion we will definitely cooperate with it," he said.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the unanimous resolution as "historic and unprecedented" and said the mission would "make a clear and positive difference".
The adoption of Resolution 1769 (2007) means the official endorsement of the third phase of former UN chief Kofi Annan's peace plan, which is the turning point in Darfur, said He Wenping, director of African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
"China has played a constructive role in bringing different parties to the negotiation table and persuaded Sudan to adopt a more flexible attitude," He said.
As the Darfur situation is changing for the better, China's efforts are being appreciated by the international community, He said.
China's ambassador to the UN Wang Guangya said deploying peacekeepers is only one aspect of the settlement in Darfur. The "two-track strategy" should continue in order to accelerate the political process.
"The fundamental requirement for having lasting peace and stability in Darfur is to encourage all factions in the region to conclude and implement a comprehensive peace agreement," Wang said after the Security council adopted the resolution.
China has been saying that the root cause of the Darfur problem is poverty, and the international community, too, accepts that now, Wang said, stressing that more attention be paid to rehabilitation, reconstruction and development.
"The international community should deal with the problem keeping in mind a long-term solution. It should work out a development strategy for Darfur in consultation with the government of Sudan, and provide more inputs to economic and social development to fundamentally improve the livelihood of the people and remove the source of conflicts," he said.
China sincerely hopes to see an early settlement to the issue in a fair, equitable and proper manner, he said.
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