(DIP) XINJIANG: TURK FM EXPECTS STEPS FROM CHINA TO RESTORE ORDER.ISTANBUL, Jul 8, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Wednesday that Turkey expects China to take measures to make preparations; to provide means. See also: measure to restore order and stability in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Davutoglu said Turkey closely monitored the unrest that killed 156 and injured more than 1,000 in Xinjiang. "Uighurs are one of our kins and we are closely interested in their fate. Also, it is a humanitarian situation in which all the world should be interested in," Davutoglu told reporters while commenting on the violence in Urumchi. Davutoglu said that Turkey and China had a friendship and that Uighurs constituted a bridge for this friendship. "That's why we are holding talks with not only our interlocutors but also with international organizations to help secure peace in the region," he said. Turkey expressed concern over the incidents in talks with United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Political Affairs Committee The African Union's Economic, Social and Cultural Council's Political Affairs Committee concern themselves with:
Referring to video footage and pictures showing the size of the violence in Xinjiang, Davutoglu said "it is impossible for Turkey and all public conscious to accept these pictures." He said Turkey expects China to restore order, bring the culprits to justice in a transparent manner and take steps to improve the civilian humanitarian situation in the region. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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