Austria–China relations
"[1] Austria's Foreign Ministry has on multiple occasions referred to this position as its guiding definition for its own China policy.On the occasion of a 2011 visit of China's President Hu Jintao, the Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen said: "The considerable human rights violations in China must be brought to the table and must not be swept under the carpet out of supposed fear for Austria's economic interests.It must not suddenly forget this in its relations with China, but must stand up for religious minorities, freedom of expression and human rights."[5] In 2021, a parliamentary resolution supported by all parties, condemned human rights violations against the Uyghurs and other minorities in the Xinjiang province and demanded European Union sanctions against the Chinese government.[6] When the European Union implemented sanctions in March 2021, Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said he approved of the step and called it an "important signal.
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