中国敦促苏丹、南苏丹解决石油争端

China has called on Sudan and South Sudan to resolve a dispute that has blocked the flow of oil exports from the south. Beijing purchases nearly five percent of its total oil imports from South Sudan. A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman on Tuesday urged the two Sudans to exercise "restraint" and use a "flexible and pragmatic approach" to settle their differences.

Landlocked South Sudan relies on its northern neighbor's pipelines and port on the Red Sea to export oil. Sudan said it halted South Sudan's oil exports because the newly independent south owes $730 million in transit fees. South Sudan has said Khartoum is charging transit and customs fees so high they amount to "economic war."中国呼吁苏丹和南苏丹解决已阻碍南苏丹石油出口的争端。北京的石油进口有将近5%来自南苏丹。中国外交部的一位发言人星期二敦促苏丹和南苏丹保持“克制”，并采用“灵活务实的方式”解决它们的分歧。

身处内陆的南苏丹依赖北方邻国苏丹的石油管道和红海港口出口石油。苏丹表示，它阻止南苏丹石油出口的原因是这个新独立的国家欠苏丹7亿3千万美元的过境费。

南苏丹表示，喀土穆收取的过境费和海关费用太高，等同于对它发起“经济战”。