Diplomats from Central Asian countries visit Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Baku. 9 January. REPORT.AZ/ Diplomatic envoys from 12 countries have paid a visit to northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on a tour from December 28 to 30 in 2018, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic informed.

Report informs citing the CA-NEWS that the diplomatic envoys as well as representatives of diplomatic envoys from Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Thailand, and Kuwait visited local markets, farmers, educational institutes, mosques, factories, as well as vocational education and training centers. During the visit, the delegation visited Xinjiang re-education camps. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic did not provide any information on this.

Notably, up to 1.1 million people, or 11.5 per cent of the Uighur population between the ages of 20 and 79, are believed to be held in “concentration camps” where they are allegedly forced to renounce their religion and Uighur language, and memorise and recite Chinese characters and propaganda songs.