China Urges UN Members Not to Attend US-Backed Event on Xinjiang - FARS

(FNA)- China slammed as “politically-motivated" a virtual United Nations event sponsored by a group of US-led Western states which aims to discuss Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, calling on UN member states not to attend it.

"It is a politically-motivated event. We request your mission NOT to participate in this anti-China event," said a note sent by China’s UN mission to other United Nations offices of member states, Reuters reported on Friday.

Beijing also stated organizers of the upcoming event, including the US, Britain, Germany, Canada, Australia and several other European governments, often resort to "human rights issues as a political tool to interfere in China's internal affairs like Xinjiang, to create division and turbulence and disrupt China's development".

"They are obsessed with provoking confrontation with China," the note added, emphasizing that "the provocative event can only lead to more confrontation"...