Although the summer of 2023 was one of the hottest in history, it did not stop millions of visitors from seeking out the most scorching place in China - Turpan, a city sitting in the Tarim Basin in Northwest China s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region - just to enjoy the magnificent natural beauty of the Huoyan Mountain, taste some roast lamb, sweet grapes and watermelon and experience the cultures of different ethnic groups.
Mr Price noted that Mr Blinken reiterated Washington’s “grave concern about the deteriorating humanitarian and human rights crisis in the country .
Mr Blinken, who has said that “ethnic cleansing” is taking place in Tigray, highlighted the conflict when he appointed Mr Feltman to the position last week.
Still, Mr Blinken did welcome “the joint Ethiopian Human Rights Commission and the UN Office of the Higher Commissioner for Human Rights investigation in Tigray to document human rights abuses and stressed the need for justice and accountability measures to hold those responsible to account .
The Tigray conflict erupted last November when Amhara militias joined Ethiopian and Eritrean troops in an offensive against the Tigray People s Liberation Front. The conflict has displaced approximately one million civilians to date and has left another 4.5 million in need of humanitarian assistance.