How Uzbek premier’s Kashgar visit legitimises Chinese repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang

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Uzbekistan has never given importance to the Uyghur issue in the past three decades; instead, it sacrificed it at the altar of a growing Uzbek-China bond Uyghurs have never been an important issue or factor in the broad-based relationship between China and the Central Asian republics in general and between China and Uzbekistan in particular. Image: REUTERS Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov led an Uzbek delegation on a two-day tour to the Kashgar city of Xinjiang from February 29 to March 1, 2024. He held bilateral meetings with the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party...