China today vowed to work with other countries in the region to fight terrorism after Kyrgyzstan said a recent suicide bomb attack on the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital was planned by Uighur militants active in Syria and carried out by the East Turkistan Islamic Movement.
“The East Turkistan forces represented by ETIM conducted multiple terrorist activities in and outside China. They have blood all over their hands,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters here.
“We will firmly strike against them and safeguard the safety of Chinese people in foreign countries. We will work together with other countries to fight against terrorism and safeguard stability of the world,” she said.
Hua’s remarks came after the Kyrgyz government identified the al-Qaeda linked ETIM militants -- active in China’s Muslim-majority Xinjiang province -- as the perpetrators of the August 30 attack on the Chinese mission in Bishkek that killed one person and wounded five others.
The Kyrgyz authorities said the attack was organised by Uyghur terrorists active in Syria and affiliated with Jabhat al-Nusra, an Islamist militant group fighting in Syria.
Terming ETIM as a well recognised terrorist force, Hua said it has been active in central Asia and Syria posing grave threat to not only to the China but also to other countries.