The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for an urgent end to the ethnic clashes in China's Xinjiang province, which has killed over 150 people.
"The pictures [of the clashes] hurt everybody," Erdogan said.
"We expect the clashes, which are mounting to brutality, to be stopped urgently," the Yeni Safak newspaper quoted Erdogan as saying on Wednesday.
"We are following the situation with great anxiety and sorrow," he added.
The Turkish Prime Minister noted that Uygur Turks are considered as the bridge of "friendship and cooperation" between China and Turkey.
Erdogan said that those Chinese officials responsible for the situation should be identified and a mechanism should be used to bring them to justice.
"In 2009-2010 we are a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council and in the name of humanity we will observe the same duties," he added, hinting that his country will take the necessary measures.
"Consequently, we should put the situation on the platform's agenda and we will do that," Erdogan concluded.
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