Ukraine won't back anti-China statement

China welcomes Ukraine's independent decision to withdraw its endorsement of an anti-China joint statement at the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministry has said.

Ukraine issued a statement on Friday on the website of its Permanent Mission to the UN Office at Geneva in which it withdrew its signature from a joint statement led by Canada on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Ukraine's move reflects its spirit of respect for facts and conforms to the purposes of the UN Charter and basic norms governing international relations, a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.