The Chinese government on Thursday condemned the blast outside the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, also calling for greater international cooperation to fight terrorism.
"China condemns the incident, extends sincere solicitude for families of victims and wounded, and expresses condolences to those who unfortunately lost their lives,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Weimin said at a regular briefing.
He also said China supported international efforts to jointly combat terrorism, when asked about recent claims made by a terrorist group, the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), of being behind attacks in China’s far-western Xinjiang region which left at least 40 people dead.
"The 10th anniversary of the September 11 incident is drawing near. We also hope the international community should strengthen cooperation and should do more for the goal of combating terrorism,” he said.
China, too, he said, was a victim of terrorism. “Our principled position is that at present, a small handful of terrorist forces…,out of motives of splitting China, are conducting rampant violent terrorist activities within China’s border [and] seriously undermine China’s national unity, and regional peace and stability.”
