China in antiterror pact with 3 countries
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CHINA is to set up an antiterrorism alliance with Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, Xinhua news agency said yesterday, as it seeks to boost coordination with neighbors to tackle a growing domestic militant threat.
Fang Fenghui, a member of the Central Military Commission which controls China’s armed forces, hosted a meeting with his counterparts on Wednesday in Urumqi, capital of the western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where China are battling Islamist militants.
The four countries recognized the serious threat of terrorism and extremism to regional stability, Xinhua said, and they agreed to set up a “four-country mechanism” for intelligence sharing and training.
“All parties reaffirmed they will cooperate to respond to these forces, and safeguard all member countries’ peace and stability,” Xinhua said.
Afghan army chief of general staff, General Qadam Shah Shaheem, Pakistani army chief General Raheel Sharif, and the Chief of General Staff of the Tajikistan armed forces, Major General E. A. Cobidrzoda, took part in the talks, Xinhua said.
The meeting comes after China’s defense minister this week thanked Afghanistan’s Shaheem for support in fighting the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, an Islamist group that is engaged in separatism activities in Xinjiang. The United States and the United Nations have listed ETIM as a terrorist group.
China has long been concerned that instability in Afghanistan will spill over into Xinjiang, where hundreds of people have died in recent years in violent attacks by extremists.
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