BEIJING: China and the United Nations have reached a “broad consensus” about counter-terror work, China’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The statement is supposed to douse a fire of international condemnation after a controversial visit by a senior UN official to the restive far western Chinese region of Xinjiang this week.
The United States and other western countries objected to a visit by the UN counter-terrorism chief to Xinjiang, where UN experts say someone million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims are placed under detention centers.
Along with the United States several other countries, including Britain, complained about the trip of Vladimir Voronkov, a veteran Russian diplomat who heads the UN Counter-terrorism Office. (Agencies)
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