中国向苏丹和南苏丹派出了一位特使，帮助斡旋双方就石油出口产生的纠纷，中国是苏丹和南苏丹石油的一个重要消费国。北京的外交部星期一说，中国非洲事务特别代表刘贵今将在今后几天访问南北苏丹。
上星期，苏丹封锁了地处内陆的南苏丹出口石油，并称南苏丹没有支付一定的转运费。苏丹晚些时候表示，他们将从南苏丹石油生产中提取四分之一当作支付转运费。南苏丹则称这样一个计划是敲诈和偷盗。中国大约5%的石油消费来自两个苏丹。
China is sending an envoy to Sudan and South Sudan to help resolve a dispute over oil exports, of which China is a major customer. The foreign ministry in Beijing said Monday that China's special representative on African affairs, Liu Guijin, will visit the two countries in the coming days.
Sudan blocked the landlocked south from exporting oil last week, citing South Sudan's failure to pay certain transit fees. Sudan later said it would take about a quarter of southern oil production in lieu of payment. South Sudanese officials described the plan as extortion and theft. China depends on the two Sudans for about five percent of its oil.