The United Nations Security Council has extended a Central African Republic (CAR) arms embargo and targeted sanctions regime for another year.

However, China abstained from the vote because she believes the measures should be removed.

The 15-member Security Council imposed the arms embargo on CAR in December 2013 when mainly Muslim Selaka rebels ousted then-president, Francois Bozize, prompting reprisals from mostly Christian militias.

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A targeted sanctions regime was agreed upon in 2014 when U.N. peacekeepers were also deployed to the country. The gold and diamond-rich country of 4.7 million people have since been mired in violence.

“There appears to be a growing disconnect between the Security Council sanctions and the evolving situation on the ground,” China’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Dai Bing told the council after the vote.