Posted by China Magazine |Aug 3, 2022 |WORLD, EastOn the sidelines of the 4th sectoral dialogue partnership meeting between Turkey and ASEAN, the head of Turkish diplomacy met his Chinese counterpart in Cambodia.Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi existing bilateral relations between the two countries and regional and international issues of common interest.Read also: China-Turkey: strengthening cooperationThis is what emerges from a meeting held by two ministers on the sidelines of the sectoral dialogue partnership meeting between Turkey and ASEAN.Mavlut Cavusoglu said in a tweet that he informed his Chinese counterpart about Turkey's sensitivity to the conditions of Uyghur Turks in the East Turkestan region.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a point of honor vis-à-vis Uighur ethno-linguistic continuity, from Istanbul to Urumqi.In fact, the question of Xinjiang and in particular the Uighurs has caused some tension between Beijing and Ankara.Turkey has provided purely declarative support for the Uighurs of China and has welcomed a number of nationals of this Turkish-speaking national minority into its territory.“However, the 'Uyghur question' constitutes an adjustment variable of Erdogan's policy”, explained Emmanuel Véron and Emmanuel Lincot, in an article published on TheConversation, “How far will the Beijing-Ankara rapprochement go?".Also read: Turkey will not send Uighurs back to ChinaAfter the events in Xinjiang in 2009, Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced a "kind of genocide" perpetrated by China, but in 2013, during a state visit to China, he underlined the threat posed by jihadist movements to China and opposed any questioning of the integrity of Chinese territory.The latter had also stopped a stopover in Xinjiang before his return to Turkey.Designed by Elegant Themes |Powered by WordPress