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China targeting ETIM in global counter-terrorism cooperation: spokesman

Xinhua, March 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

China has set the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) as the major target when seeking international cooperation against terrorism last year, a spokesman for the country's top political advisory body said Monday.

Lyu Xinhua, spokesman with the annual session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks days after Chinese lawmakers reviewed a draft counter-terrorism legislation that proposed the establishment of an anti-terrorism intelligence gathering center.

Speaking at a press conference, Lyu said China regards its neighboring countries in South Asia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia as its key partners in the global fight against terrorism.

He added that the country has set up counter-terrorism cooperation mechanisms with more than 10 countries and has engaged in substantive cooperation in information sharing, intelligence verification, case cooperation and capacity building.

It also took part in multilateral counter-terrorism mechanisms and have made important contributions to the international fight against terrorism, Lyu said. Endi