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Russia and China began a multinational anti-terror drill along with other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in north China’s Inner Mongolia on 25 August 2014 [Xinhua]
Wang strongly condemned the attack, stating that China opposes terrorism of all forms.
“China firmly supports Russia’s efforts to fight terrorism, and is willing to strengthen anti-terrorism cooperation with Russia, so as to safeguard each other’s national peace, tranquility and stability, and ensure the safety of life and property of the two peoples,” said the Chinese minister.
China’s government is also fighting a surge of violence over the past year on militants from Xinjiang who China says are fighting for an independent state called East Turkestan.
More than 200 people have died in unrest in China’s Xinjiang in the past year or so, the government says.
Meanwhile, Russia’s National Anti-terrorism Committee (NAK) said on Thursday 10 policemen lost their lives and 28 were injured in clashes with the attackers.
Russia has battled separatist wars in Chechnya in 1994-96 and 1999-2000.
In an annual state of the nation address on Thursday, Putin said the West’s age-old “policy of containment” against Russia also includes supporting terrorism on its soil.
“Talking to Russia from a position of force is an exercise in futility, even when it was faced with domestic hardships, as in the 1990ies and early 2000ies. We remember well how and who, almost openly, supported separatism back then and even outright terrorism in Russia, referred to murderers, whose hands were stained with blood, none other than rebels and organised high-level receptions for them. These “rebels” showed up in Chechnya again,” said Putin.
TBP and Agencies
