Last night U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared on the Charlie Rose show. The interview was conducted while Secretary Clinton was in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. During the hour long discussion, Rose asked Clinton about a wide variety of topics including China’s role in promoting peace in Darfur.
CHARLIE ROSE: Africa, especially Darfur — are they [China] doing everything
you want them to do there?HILLARY CLINTON: They are more understanding of the long-term
consequences to their position in Sudan than they were before. What I mean
by that is the Chinese have natural resource interests in Sudan. Darfur is
destabilizing. The north-south situation could become violent and lead to
conflict again. That would put at risk Chinese investments.
As one of Sudan’s closest economic allies China holds a great deal of leverage over the Government of Sudan, which it should use to help bring peace to Darfur.
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