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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor

Cross-party MPs shocked by Foreign Office talks with Xinjiang governor

The cross-party group of MPs said Erkin Tuniyaz, chairman of Xinjiang, had played ‘a central role in the persecution of Uyghurs – crimes our own parliament has declared a genocide’
The cross-party group of MPs said Erkin Tuniyaz had played ‘a central role in the persecution of Uyghurs – crimes our own parliament has declared a genocide’. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

The Foreign Office has shocked cross-party opponents of the Chinese treatment of Uyghur groups by revealing that it has asked the Xinjiang governor for talks.

MPs belonging to the inter-parliamentary alliance on China (Ipac) called it “incomprehensible” that “anybody within government would think it appropriate to meet with someone who has played a central role in the persecution of Uyghurs – crimes our own parliament has declared to be genocide”.

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