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The BBC has found the first evidence that China is currently helping Sudan’s government militarily in Darfur.
The Panorama TV programme tracked down Chinese army lorries in the Sudanese province that came from a batch exported from China to Sudan in 2005.
The BBC was also told that China was training fighter pilots who fly Chinese A5 Fantan fighter jets in Darfur.
China’s government has declined to comment on the BBC’s findings, which contravene a UN arms embargo on Darfur.
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China has chosen not to respond to the BBC’s findings. Its public position is that it abides by all UN arms embargoes.
China has said in the past that it told Sudan’s government not to use Chinese military equipment in Darfur.
Sudan’s government, however, has told the UN that it will send military equipment wherever it likes within its sovereign territory.
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