Media delegation visits Uighur region

An eight-member media delegation yesterday went to Urumchi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, to speak with officials on recent developments there. The delegation included representatives of the Supreme Board of Radio and Television (RTUK), Directorate General of Press and Information (BYEGM), state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), the Turkish Journalists' Society, and the Anatolia news agency. The delegation met with Urumchi Mayor Jerla Isamudin, who told them the recent violence would not stop the region's development and that the Xinjiang administration is determined to maintain public order. Afterwards, the delegation visited a city square where riots took place and a hospital where injured people were taken after the violence.