Jul 6th, 2009 | MOSCOW -- The White House says it is deeply concerned by reports of dozens of deaths and injuries caused by violence in China's western Xinjiang (shin-jahng) province.
In a statement issued from Moscow, press secretary Robert Gibbs said the White House urges everyone in Xinjiang to exercise restraint.
He declined further comment.
Reports by Chinese state media blamed more than 150 deaths and hundreds of injuries on rioting and street battles between ethnic Muslim Uighur (WEE'-gur) people and China's Han majority.
President Barack Obama is in Moscow for meetings with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) and other Russian leaders.
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