On Chinese oil investment in Sudan

The Sudanese government has denied was has been rumored in news that China has set a precondition to obtain investment in the area of oil in Sudan for installing long-range missiles on the coasts of the Red Sea off the Sudanese coasts.

In a statement to the Sudanese daily al-Rai al-Am issued in al-Khartoum on Friday, Lt. Gen. Muhammad Othman Yassin described these news as groundless lies and part of the campaigns aiming at distorting the image of Sudan through concentration on its misuse of its oil wealth.

He added that getting the name of China involved in this case is intended to also distort its image. He stressed that such news on installing long-range missiles are but null and void.

Earlier, the London- based al-Zamaan Arabic daily said that China has set a precondition on Sudan to install long-range missiles on the coasts of the red sea against its coasts for investing oil in Sudan.