China warned Belgium on Wednesday June 16 against a deterioration of bilateral relations, after the vote of a committee of the Belgian Parliament denouncing “a serious risk of genocide” in Xinjiang, in the north-west of the country.
We call on Belgium to immediately rectify its mistake in order to avoid a deterioration of Sino-Belgian relations.Zhao Lijian,
spokesperson for Chinese diplomacy, told reporters.
Belgian deputies expressed concern on Tuesday (June 15) about the fate of the Uyghur Muslim minority in Xinjiang, one million of whose members have been placed in political re-education centers, according to human rights organizations. Beijing denies this figure and speaks of vocational training centers intended to keep the Uyghurs away from radicalization, after attacks attributed to Islamists.
In Brussels, the vote in the External Relations Committee must be confirmed in a plenary session in the House of Representatives on July 1, Samuel Cogolati, the environmental deputy behind the resolution, told AFP. The Chinese spokesman directly attacked Samuel Cogolati, who is already the subject of sanctions by Beijing. “This MP deliberately spread lies and false information, causing serious harm to China’s interests and sovereignty», a accusé Zhao Lijian.
After the elected representatives of Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Lithuania and the Czech Republic, the Belgian Parliament has become “the 6th democratic assembly in the world“To denounce the”crimes against humanity»In progress against the Uyghurs, according to the initiators of the text.
Source : SANA
