By KUNA,
Moscow : Russia asserted on Wednesday that China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang is part of China and therefore the current events there are purely internal affairs.
The remark came during a phone call conversation between the Russian Foreign Minister Serdei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Jang Jiechi, meanwhile expressing his condolences to the relatives of those killed.
“We would like to confirm that Russia views the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region as an inalienable part of the People’s Republic of China and considers that events there are purely the internal affair of China,” the foreign ministry said.
“We hope that the actions, which taken within the bounds of the law, by the Chinese authorities to support order in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region will allow the situation to be swiftly normalized,” the ministry said. Chinese President Hu Jintao has abandoned plans to attend a G8 summit in Italy, returning home early to deal with ethnic violence that has killed at least 156 in Xinjiang.