 In 2001, Gaddafi condemned the September 11 attacks on the US by al-Qaeda, expressing sympathy with the victims and calling for Libyan involvement in the US-led War on Terror against militant Islamism.His government continued suppressing domestic Islamism, at the same time as Gaddafi called for the wider application of "sharia" law.Libya also cemented connections with China and North Korea, being visited by Chinese President Jiang Zemin in April 2002.