China Sending 1,800 Peacekeepers to South Sudan -- Voice of America
China is sending hundreds of troops to join the U.N. peacekeeping force in war-torn South Sudan, where Chinese companies have major oil interests.
Comments from China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday followed a report in the Wall Street Journal that said China was deploying troops to protect South Sudanese oil fields and the Chinese workers and installations around them.
Responding to reporters' questions, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made no mention of oil or Chinese companies, saying China's "goal is to strictly follow the mandate of the U.N. Security Council and promote construction of the region."
Hua said China has already deployed 1,800 peacekeepers to South Sudan, while a spokesman for the U.N. mission in the country, Joe Contreras, said Beijing planned to send 700 soldiers, none of whom have arrived.
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