BEIJING,April10(Xinhua)--ChinaisnotthesourceofAfricancountries""debttrap,"butapartnertohelpthemandotherdevelopingcountriestoescapethe"povertytrap,"aspokespersonfortheChineseforeignministrysaidMonday.

SpokespersonWangWenbinmadetheremarksinresponsetoaccusationslevelledagainstChinabysomeseniorU.S.officialsandWorldBankofficialsregardingAfrica"sdebtissue.

"Thoseaccusationshavenofactualbasis,"Wangsaid."ChinaattachesgreatimportancetoAfrica"sdebtissueandhelpsAfricancountriestocopewithit.ChinahascontributedmoretotheDebtServiceSuspensionInitiative(DSSI)thananyotherGroupof20(G20)members."

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AccordingtothelatestresearchbytheChina-AfricaResearchInitiativeatJohnsHopkinsUniversity,Chinahascontributed63percentofthedebtservicesuspensionsundertheDSSI.TheresearchfoundthatChinahasbeenactiveincommunicatingwithotherparticipatingparties,andhasperformeditsdutiesineffectivelyimplementingtheDSSI,thespokespersonsaid.

WangquotedNigeria"sVicePresidentYemiOsinbajoasdescribingWesterngovernments"concernovertheso-called"Chinadebttrap"asanoverreaction.

Accordingtohim,AfricannationsarerightlyunapologeticabouttheirclosetiestoChina.Africaneedstheloansandinfrastructure.ChinashowsupwhereandwhentheWestwillnotorarereluctant.

Chinahasalwaysbeencommittedtoprovidingsupportfortheeconomicandsocialdevelopmentofdevelopingcountries,includingAfricancountries,Wangsaid.

Ithascarriedoutinvestmentandfinancingcooperationwithotherdevelopingcountriesbasedontheprincipleofequalityandmutualbenefit,andhasalwaysdoneitsbesttohelpthemreducedebtburdens,headded.

HesaidsomepoliticiansintheUnitedStatesandotherWesterncountriesusevariousnarrativetrapstodisruptandunderminethecooperationbetweenChinaandotherdevelopingcountries.

"Theirgimmickshavebeendebunkedandtheynowfinditmoredifficulttogetaudienceindevelopingcountriesandthelargerinternationalcommunity,"Wangsaid.

AccordingtotheWorldBank"sInternationalDebtStatistics,multilateralfinancialinstitutionsandcommercialcreditorsholdnearlythree-quartersofAfrica"stotalexternaldebt.TheWorldBankandtheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)accountfornearly70percentofthetotaldebtheldbymultilateralfinancialinstitutions,thespokespersonadded.

WangsaidthattheUnitedStatesisthelargestshareholderoftheWorldBankandtheIMF,andthefinancialcapitalfromtheUnitedStatesandEuropeisthelargestcommercialcreditorofAfricancountries.

Therefore,hesaid,theUnitedStatesisduty-boundtoparticipateinAfrica"sdebtrelief.

"WeurgetheUnitedStatestoshoulderitsresponsibilities,andmakegreatereffortstoadvancethesubstantiveparticipationofmultilateralfinancialinstitutionsandcommercialcreditorsindealingwithAfrica"sdebtissue,"hesaid.

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