China will strongly oppose political maneuvering in global Covid origin tracing, Xi Jinping said (File)
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Amid rising tensions in ties with the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that disputes between the countries “need to be handled through dialogue and cooperation” and urged world leaders to avoid “confrontation and boycott”. .
Addressing the high-level 76th United Nations General Assembly, President Jinping said via a video link that the world needs to advocate for peace, development, equality, justice, democracy and freedom, which are common values of humanity and this reject the practice. Drawing small circles or zero-sum games.
“Differences and problems between countries, hardly avoidable, need to be dealt with through dialogue and cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual respect. The success of one country does not necessarily mean the failure of another country, and the world must be able to accommodate common development. enough for and progress of all countries,” he said.
Xi Jinping’s remarks came after US President Joe Biden said he had no intention of starting a “new cold war” with China.
The US and China have been locked in a standoff over trade, technology, Beijing’s aggressive moves in the South China Sea and major disagreements over human rights issues. Earlier this year, high-level talks between the Biden administration and Beijing were full of tension – with officials on both sides publicly exchanging scathing rebukes.
“We need to advance dialogue and inclusiveness on confrontation and exclusion. We need to build a new type of international relationship based on mutual respect, equality, justice and win-win cooperation, and to expand our convergence. Trying to do the best. It is possible to achieve the greatest synergy of interests and,” he said.
He said the world should reform global governance and practice true multilateralism.
“In the world, there is only one international system, i.e. the international system with the United Nations at its core. There is only one international system, that is, the international order underpinned by international law. There is only one set of rules, i.e. the objectives and principles of the United Nations Charter. on the basis of the basic norms governing international relations,” Xi Jinping said, adding that the United Nations must uphold the banner of true multilateralism.
He said the United Nations should serve as the central platform for countries to jointly defend universal security, share development achievements and lay the course for the future of the world.
Xi Jinping said that the United Nations should work in a balanced manner in the three areas of security, development and human rights.
Calling upon the United Nations to increase representation for developing countries in international affairs, he called on the United Nations to ensure a stable international order, to increase the representation and say of developing countries in international affairs, and to take the lead in advancing democracy. Must be committed. The rule of law in international relations.
In an apparent reference to the two-decade-old US intervention in Afghanistan, which ended with the Taliban seizing power in Kabul last month, he said military intervention from outside and the so-called democratic transition meant nothing but damage.
He said that China has never and will never attack or threaten others or seek hegemony.
“The Chinese people have always celebrated and strived to pursue the vision of peace, amity and harmony,” he said, adding that China will continue to give new opportunities to the world through its new development.
“China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, a defender of the international order and a provider of public goods,” Xi said.
The President said that China will strongly oppose any political maneuvering in global COVID-19 origin tracing and will continue to engage in global science-based tracing of the origin of the coronavirus. The remarks appear to be a clear reference to efforts by the US and EU countries to allow a probe into the coronavirus origins on Beijing since it first surfaced in Wuhan.
He said that China will try to provide two billion doses of vaccine against the corona virus to the world by the end of this year.
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