Washington DC, May 28 -- The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) vehemently denounces Mr. Francesco Frangialli, the Honorary Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), for his participation in the launch of China's "Nihao! China" 2025 tourism promotion campaign, which took place on May 24 in Turpan, East Turkistan.

As stated in an ETGE release, Frangialli gave a keynote address during the state-sponsored event, which aims to draw international tourism to UNESCO sites in China and Occupied East Turkistan, where the Chinese authorities are actively engaging in acts of genocide and crimes against humanity.

The ETGE perceives this participation as an extremely irresponsible and perilous act of complici...