Terrorists-hit Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region has signed a deal for developing friendly relations across the border with the politically volatile North Western Frontier Province of Pakistan. The deal is expected to help China obtain the support from local leaders in NWFP, most of whom are independent of the Zardari regime in Islamabad, to cut off the links between separatists in Xinjiang and terrorists across the border in Pakistan.
Beijing also wants help to track down Xinjiang rebels hiding in Pakistan. s
ources said. It comes soon after the athiest Communist Party of China signed an agreement with the Jamat-e-Islami in Pakistan. Both agreements suggest that China has lost hope in the Zardari government's ability to help it in the area of tacking terrorists. Beijing is now dealing with Pakistan at the level of its domestic politics.
The agreement comes in the wake of intense crack down on Islamic rebels in Xinjiang, who are known for getting arms and training support from terrorists’ bases in Pakistan. The Chinese ministry of public security had earlier released details of several Xinjiang terrorists while suggesting that most of them had been trained in Pakistan. The Muslim dominated Xinjiang region is a hotbed of a separatist movement for creation of an independent East Turkmenistan nation of Uighur.
This comes within a week of the Tibetan provincial government signing an agreement on developing trade and friendly exchanges with the government of Nepal. Kathmandu is playing a key role in helping Chinese leaders to track down Tibetan rebels, who escape from China and seek shelter in the Himalayan kingdom.
Though these agreements talk of developing trade and cultural exchanges across the border, they are obviously meant for sensitive political purposes. Beijing is obviously pushing provincial governments along international borders to play a more active role in dealing with neighbouring countries in the political sphere.
The central governments of China and Pakistan are apparently behind which what is being described as a move to develop “friendly provincial level relationship”. The deal was signed in Urumqi, the Xinjiang provincial capital by Pakistan’s ambassador Masood Khan and Xinjiang’s governor Nur Baikeli on Tuesday.
China is engaged in broadening the Karakoram highway, which passes through the Khunjerab Pass at an altitude of 4,693 meters connecting Xinjing with NWFP. Islamabad has been trying to persuade China to use this highway as a major international route to bring imported goods from the Gudwar port further up in Pakistan. This is what makes the agreement between Xinjiang and NWFP particularly significant. The deal is also the result of a realisation that the Zardari regime cannot help China control terror.
Speaking on the occasion, Baikeli said the agreement provides an opportunity to enhance economic cooperation and establish joint ventures in the business sphere. He also invited the governor and chief minister of trouble torn NWFP to visit Xinjiang.
"This agreement provides a platform to intensify cooperation in economic, scientific and technological fields between Xinjiang and NWFP", the Pakistani media quoted Masood Khan as saying. He invited Baikeli to visit Pakistan this year.
The deal will help develop close cooperation between NWFP and Xinjiang in the areas of trade, science and technology, culture, education, agriculture, sports, health and tourism, the Chinese media said quoting official sources.
Beijing also wants help to track down Xinjiang rebels hiding in Pakistan. s
ources said. It comes soon after the athiest Communist Party of China signed an agreement with the Jamat-e-Islami in Pakistan. Both agreements suggest that China has lost hope in the Zardari government's ability to help it in the area of tacking terrorists. Beijing is now dealing with Pakistan at the level of its domestic politics.The agreement comes in the wake of intense crack down on Islamic rebels in Xinjiang, who are known for getting arms and training support from terrorists’ bases in Pakistan. The Chinese ministry of public security had earlier released details of several Xinjiang terrorists while suggesting that most of them had been trained in Pakistan. The Muslim dominated Xinjiang region is a hotbed of a separatist movement for creation of an independent East Turkmenistan nation of Uighur.
This comes within a week of the Tibetan provincial government signing an agreement on developing trade and friendly exchanges with the government of Nepal. Kathmandu is playing a key role in helping Chinese leaders to track down Tibetan rebels, who escape from China and seek shelter in the Himalayan kingdom.
Though these agreements talk of developing trade and cultural exchanges across the border, they are obviously meant for sensitive political purposes. Beijing is obviously pushing provincial governments along international borders to play a more active role in dealing with neighbouring countries in the political sphere.
The central governments of China and Pakistan are apparently behind which what is being described as a move to develop “friendly provincial level relationship”. The deal was signed in Urumqi, the Xinjiang provincial capital by Pakistan’s ambassador Masood Khan and Xinjiang’s governor Nur Baikeli on Tuesday.
China is engaged in broadening the Karakoram highway, which passes through the Khunjerab Pass at an altitude of 4,693 meters connecting Xinjing with NWFP. Islamabad has been trying to persuade China to use this highway as a major international route to bring imported goods from the Gudwar port further up in Pakistan. This is what makes the agreement between Xinjiang and NWFP particularly significant. The deal is also the result of a realisation that the Zardari regime cannot help China control terror.
Speaking on the occasion, Baikeli said the agreement provides an opportunity to enhance economic cooperation and establish joint ventures in the business sphere. He also invited the governor and chief minister of trouble torn NWFP to visit Xinjiang.
"This agreement provides a platform to intensify cooperation in economic, scientific and technological fields between Xinjiang and NWFP", the Pakistani media quoted Masood Khan as saying. He invited Baikeli to visit Pakistan this year.
The deal will help develop close cooperation between NWFP and Xinjiang in the areas of trade, science and technology, culture, education, agriculture, sports, health and tourism, the Chinese media said quoting official sources.
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