BEIJING: Diplomats from 12 countries, including Pakistan, visited vocational training centres in Xinjiang upon China’s invitation. An official from the publicity department of Xinjiang, who requested anonymity, confirmed that foreign diplomats from 12 countries, including Russia, Indonesia, India, Kazakhstan and Pakistan, were invited to visit vocational training and education centres in Xinjiang in late December. Li Wei, a Beijing-based anti-terrorism expert, who was invited to visit the education centres in Xinjiang in November, told the Chinese media that many of the 12 countries face the threat of extremism similar to Xinjiang and the visit of the diplomats to the centres would facilitate exchanges on de-extremism measures. “Some of the 12 countries have close anti-terrorism cooperation with China. For example, China has brought back terrorist suspects from Xinjiang who fled to the Middle East via Thailand.

Source: Pakistan Today January 08, 2019 17:03 UTC