Side event related to Xinjiang opposed

A spokesperson for China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations expressed opposition on Wednesday to a side event on the so-called human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

The event, organized by a group of Western nations including the United States and the United Kingdom, is "full of lies and disinformation" and further exposes the countries' "political attempt to use Xinjiang to contain China", the spokesperson said.

"Such an event is widely resisted by the overwhelming majority of member states and is a self-staged political farce," the spokesperson said. "The side event is a desperate struggle of the US and a few Western countries after their lies about Xinjiang were exposed. The US fabricated lies of 'genocide' in Xinjiang, which finds no support at all (and only shamed itself)."