China: Those Weren't Our Bullets in Darfur

China is attempting to block publication of UN report stating that Chinese bullets were used in attacks against UN peacekeeping forces in Darfur, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The report states that 11 different kinds of Chinese-made bullet casings were found at sites where government-allied militia members attacked UN or African Union forces, but a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry dismissed the claims as “unconfirmed” and “groundless.”

A 2005 UN Security Council resolution requires China—Sudan’s largest arms supplier—to ensure its military equipment is not used by the Sudanese government in its Darfur region. The UN report doesn’t actually accuse China of knowingly selling weapons to be used in Darfur—but the fact that the nation is trying to block the report “is suspicious,” a UN diplomat tells Reuters.
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