Turkistan Times, 27 October 2025 - The East Turkistan Government in Exile (ETGE) has called on former U.S. President Donald J. Trump to use his upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on October 30 to publicly condemn Beijing’s ongoing genocide against Uyghur, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and other Turkic peoples in occupied East Turkistan.

In a statement issued on Monday, the ETGE urged Trump to reaffirm America’s “moral and strategic leadership” and reject any compromise with what it described as “a genocidal Communist regime.”

“Under President Trump’s leadership, the United States became the first nation to officially recognize China’s crimes in East Turkistan as genocide and crimes against humanity,” said Dr. Mamtimin Ala, President of the ETGE. “We urge President Trump to show that same courage and stand with the oppressed people of Chinese-occupied East Turkistan.”

The ETGE credited the first Trump Administration with spearheading global condemnation of China’s policies at the United Nations and imposing sanctions on key Chinese officials and entities, including the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, which it says plays a central role in enforcing Beijing’s occupation and genocide.

According to the group, China continues to undermine international norms and U.S. interests. “Beijing cheats, steals, and lies, threatening America’s economy and global security,” the statement said, calling the Chinese Communist Party “the greatest threat to the United States and the free world.”

This month marks 76 years since China’s invasion of East Turkistan on October 12, 1949, and 70 years since Beijing declared it the so-called “Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.” The ETGE described these anniversaries as reminders of “decades of occupation, colonization, and systematic genocide.”

“The root cause of the Uyghur genocide is China’s occupation,” said Salih Hudayar, the ETGE’s Foreign Minister. He urged Trump to demand an immediate end to the genocide, support East Turkistan’s full independence in line with America’s Captive Nations Law, and avoid any agreements that would “undermine the freedom and security of East Turkistanis.”

The exiled government also praised Trump’s recent mediation of a peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand, urging him to extend his peace-building efforts to East Turkistan. It argued that true peace in the region can only come through decolonization and restoration of sovereignty.

In its statement, the ETGE called on Trump to:

• Publicly denounce China’s genocide in East Turkistan and its illegal colonial occupation.

• Recognize East Turkistan as an occupied nation.

• Support international justice for victims of China’s crimes.

• Expose forced-labor-tainted trade between China and the U.S.

• Confront Beijing’s transnational repression targeting Uyghur Americans and U.S. institutions.

• Ensure U.S. foreign policy upholds human rights, self-determination, and liberty for captive nations.

• Avoid trade or political deals that compromise East Turkistan’s sovereignty.

The ETGE also highlighted East Turkistan’s rich deposits of critical minerals, which it says China exploits to fuel its military expansion. A free and independent East Turkistan, it argued, could become a reliable supplier of these resources to the U.S. and its allies, strengthening supply chains and countering Beijing’s global dominance.

“The struggle for East Turkistan’s freedom is not just a regional issue—it’s a test of whether the free world will stand against tyranny,” the statement concluded.