dogu-turkistan-sempozyumu

FREEEAST TURKISTAN SYMPOSIUM“Bishkek-Kirghizstan” declaration, published after the summit in which the fivecountries participated in August, 1999: “The parties state the importance ofan effective struggle against international terrorism, drug and arms smuggling,organized illegal immigration and other forms of crime together with nationaldiscrimination and religious radicalism.” However, as can be observed, China andother platform countries are not just struggling with incidents or fighting againstterrorism, they have also suggested building a Center for war against Terrorism,Separatism and Radicalism in June 2000, at the Dushanbe - Tajikistan summitbefore September 11; later they carried out the opening of just such a center. Andafter one year, the permanent committee of the Chinese parliament decided toapprove Shanghai Agreement, which prescribed the struggle against terrorism,separatism and radicalism. 33 Here is the question: Is it possible for this forum toproduce policies or theses that are separate from the view of China and its newallies? Is there a program over and above that of China?Without a doubt, the events of September 11 have given an opportunityto China, Russia, and Central Asian countries, even to India and Pakistan. Byexploiting the feverish attitude of the West in fighting the Al-Qaida, Islamicmovements and even national movements in the region, they have exploitedinternal calculations with great refinement. China and Russia have startedcooperating in the “war against terrorism” at a meeting between the two countriesin Beijing on 28.11.2001. Later, the level of coordination between the twocountries increased and reached the level of a commitment to “struggle againstinternal and external terrorism of all kinds and levels” at a meeting of the foreignaffairs ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 7.1.2002. Thiswas referred to by the Chinese minister of foreign affairs Jiaxuan, who declaredthat six countries are preparing for the “establishment of a regional agency for thewar against terrorism”. This was not just building a center, but also working to“forming a mechanism for crisis management”. Jiaxuan expressed this as follows:“All member countries support China’s position and its efforts against terroristsin Eastern Turkistan and Russia’s efforts against Chechen terrorists. All perceivethese efforts as part of the global war against terrorism.” 34 At the end of themeetings, ministers signed a joint declaration and warned against tendencies of“terrorism, separatism and extremism” in all member countries. Even though thisdeclaration reflects the benefits of related countries, in reality the language of the336