The current wars in the Middle East expose the US double standards on human rights, according to China’s foreign minister.
“If the United States cares so much about the human rights of Muslims, why does it continue to provoke or support wars in the Middle East and other regions, causing large numbers of innocent Muslim casualties?” Wang asked UN human rights chief Volker Turk during a Wednesday meeting in New York, on the sidelines of this week’s UN General Assembly.
“Why does it turn a blind eye to the historical injustices the Arab people have faced and not support Palestine becoming a full member of the United Nations?” he asked, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement.
He also questioned why Washington is “not playing its due role in achieving a permanent cease-fire and complete withdrawal of troops from Gaza.”
Wang argued that the “political manipulation” of human rights issues by countries like the US was “becoming increasingly unpopular across the world.”
