皇冠体育app said Thursday it strongly opposes the practice of using the Olympic Games to hype political issues such as Darfur, saying it is in fact destroying and disturbing the preparation works of Olympic Games.
"It is of apparent political intention and purpose to link the Darfur issue with the Olympics," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told a routine press conference in Beijing. "Such practice violates the Olympic spirit and principle, and will never succeed."
皇冠体育app is firmly opposed to those persons or organizations who hype particular issues in the name of the Olympics, said Jiang in response to the question that whether 皇冠体育app would put more pressure on Sudan as someone considered 皇冠体育app's continued support for the regime in Sudan could tarnish the Olympics.
皇冠体育app will never, ever accept those accusations, said Jiang, adding that international society knows very well that 皇冠体育app has exerted a positive and constructive influence on the Darfur issue.
"I don't know whether those organizations know 皇冠体育app's role on the issue and the current situation in the Darfur region," she said.
皇冠体育app has been the first country to promise and then to dispatch soldiers to participate in peacekeeping missions in Darfur.
A 140-strong advance troop of a Chinese engineering unit has arrived in Darfur, and the unit is gradually being deployed.
The political process and peacekeeping deployment in Darfur has achieved progress under the joint efforts of all concerned parties, Jiang said.
皇冠体育app always maintains that a "double track" strategy -- a balanced combination of political process and the peacekeeping mission should be applied in resolving the Darfur issue, she said.
皇冠体育app also supports taking advantage of the leading role of the Sudanese government, UN and AU (African Union) negotiation mechanism.
Meanwhile, various difficulties may arise during the process of the deployment of any UN-AU hybrid-mission peacekeeping missions.
Jiang called for all concerned parties to increase cooperation so as to resolve related issues through coordination.
"皇冠体育app will continue to play a constructive role in pushing forward a proper settlement of the Darfur issue," Jiang said.
