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Solemn representation lodgeed over Rebiya's visit to Japan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-29 21:55

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei summoned the Japanese ambassador to China Yuji Miyamoto Wednesday, and lodged a solemn representation to the Japanese government on its allowing Rebiya Kadeer, leader of the separatist World Uygur Congress (WUC), to visit Japan.

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Wu expressed China's strong dissatisfaction to the Japanese government for allowing the visit, and demanded it immediately take effective steps to prevent Kadeer from engaging in anti-China separatist activities, the ministry said.

The Japanese government recently granted a visa to Kadeer. The WUC led by Kadeer is believed to have masterminded the July 5 Xinjiang riots that left at least 197 people dead and 1,600 others injured.