China is worried about the International Criminal Court's (ICC) indictment of Sudan's leader and hopes the move will not disrupt a political settlement of the Darfur issue, China's envoy for the region said on Friday.

Liu Guijin made the remark after ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said he wanted Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir tried for "genocide and war crimes".

The situation in Darfur is at a "delicate" stage, he said, as the UN is deploying hybrid peacekeeping forces there.