Geng Shuang
China required the assistance of the international community in the fight against Uighur Islamists. This is related to the Chinese foreign Ministry on Wednesday, March 1, the Agency reports Reuters.
“We have repeatedly said that armed groups in Eastern Turkistan is a threat to China’s security, and we wish to cooperate with the international community to counter terrorism and Turkestan separatists”, — said the representative of the Guardian Geng Shuang.
The Chinese government has announced new counter-terrorism measures after the “Islamic state” (IG, is prohibited on the territory of Russia) released a video of military training of Uighur terrorists. The Iraqi IG unit has released a half-hour video, which shows military exercises of the Uighurs, as well as cutting staff from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region (XUAR).
Beijing is concerned that the Uighurs are mostly Muslims from the Eastern region of Xinjiang are leaving to Syria and Iraq to fight for terrorist groups. Thousands of people were killed in Xinjiang province as the result of clashes between the Uighurs and Han Chinese, the largest ethnic group of China. The state was accused of crimes “Islamic state”.
On the territory of Xinjiang are Islamic radicals, advocating for the establishment of an independent state of East Turkestan. As a result of their confrontation with Beijing over the period since 1990 has killed several hundred people.
Many Uighurs complain of harassment by the Central government, in particular they are not allowed to serve in the army and the police. Uighurs make up more than 72 percent of the population of Xinjiang, the Chinese-Han — less than 26 percent.