Diplomats to China start five-day visit to Xinjiang

• Source: Xinhua
• [14:12 August 13 2009]
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Diplomats watch an exhibition on the July 5 riot in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 11, 2009. Diplomats from 26 countries and regions to China began a five-day visit to Xinjiang on Monday, a month after the deadly riot in the regional capital of Urumqi which left 197 people dead and more than 1,600 others injured. (Xinhua/Sadat)

Kuwaiti ambassador to China Faisal Rashed Al-Ghais visits the library of Xinjiang Institute of Islamic Theology in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 11, 2009. Diplomats from 26 countries and regions to China visited the institute on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Sadat)