Article 68NNE Cross-party MPs shocked by Foreign Office talks with Xinjiang governor

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

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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic Editor
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Exclusive: Erkin Tuniyaz played central role' in persecution of Uyghurs, says inter-parliamentary alliance on China

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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