Repatriateterrorists, China says

China yesterday called on the United States to return "Chinese Muslim terrorists" held at Guantanamo Bay, instead of sending them to the Pacific island nation of Palau.

"The 17 Uygurs are members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, which is on the United Nations list of terrorist groups and China holds the unswerving stand that the US should stop handing over the terrorists to any third country, so as to expatriate them to China at an early date," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news briefing.

"China urges the US to implement the UN Security Council's relevant resolutions and its international obligations on counter-terrorism," Qin said.