Ambassadors voice support for nation on issues related to Xinjiang

GENEVA - Fifty countries' ambassadors to the United Nations Office at Geneva have co-signed a letter to the president of the UN Human Rights Council and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to voice support for China's position on issues related to the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

On July 12, a number of ambassadors in the Swiss city sent the joint letter to show their support for China, and as of Friday evening, more ambassadors had joined, according to the Chinese Mission to the UN's Geneva office.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Chinese mission said that some other countries had also expressed support in separate letters or news releases.