Beijing: Forward Tractor At a meeting of foreign ministers on Friday, China said on Wednesday that it opposes the formation of “exclusive factions” to incite “bloc confrontations” and that the four-nation coalition should stop driving between regional countries.
In November 2017, the US, Australia, India and Japan raised a long-pending proposal to establish a Quad to develop a new strategy to keep important sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence amid China’s growing military shaped up. presence in the strategic area.
China “rejects formation of special blocs and incitement to factional confrontation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman zhao lijian said at a media briefing here in Melbourne on Friday while responding to a question on the Foreign Ministers’ meeting on the quad-quadrant security dialogue involving the United States, India, Japan and Australia.
“We hope that the United States and other relevant countries will understand the trend of the times, adopt the right mindset and abandon the Cold War mentality,” he said.
“They should contribute more to regional peace, stability and prosperity rather than pressurizing relations between regional countries,” he said.
foreign Minister S Jaishankar Australia, along with their counterparts from Japan and the US will participate in the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on February 11 in Melbourne.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in New Delhi that it would be an opportunity for the ministers to follow up on their virtual meeting held in February last year and exchange views on regional strategic issues, which would lead to a free, open and inclusive India. -Pacific region.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the MEA said, “Ministers will review the ongoing Quad cooperation and build on the positive and constructive agenda announced by the leaders at the two summits in 2021, to address contemporary challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, supply Can go chain, critical technologies, climate change, infrastructure etc.”
Asked about alleged remarks by US Assistant Secretary Daniel J Krittenbrink that the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in Melbourne would discuss ways to deal with challenges to democratic values and the international order by China, Zhao attacked the US , questioned its democratic credentials.
“Democracy is a common value of mankind, not a monopoly of some countries. It is up to the people of a country whether this country is democratic or not. Despite ruining its democratic brand, America still allows other countries to accept it. Democracy norms and goons join together by drawing ideological lines. This is a sheer betrayal of democracy.’
“China presents a boon to the regional order. China pursues peace, development and cooperation and promotes the creation of an equitable, open and inclusive security system in the Asia-Pacific region that is not directed against any third country.” It rejects formation of special faction and incitement to block confrontation,” he said.
Zhao said, “China, like most countries, recognizes the international system with the United Nations and supports an international order based on international law, not unilaterally defining the so-called “order”.
At the same time, “any multilateral mechanism must be in line with the dominant trend of peace and development and must be conducive to enhancing mutual trust and cooperation between countries,” he said.
China claims almost all of the disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea.
Quad leaders at their first-in-person summit in Washington on September 25, hosted by the US President Joe Biden He promised to ensure a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, which is also “inclusive and resilient”, as he noted that the strategically important region, seeing China’s increasing military maneuvering, It is the basis of shared security and prosperity.
In November 2017, the US, Australia, India and Japan raised a long-pending proposal to establish a Quad to develop a new strategy to keep important sea routes in the Indo-Pacific free of any influence amid China’s growing military shaped up. presence in the strategic area.
China “rejects formation of special blocs and incitement to factional confrontation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman zhao lijian said at a media briefing here in Melbourne on Friday while responding to a question on the Foreign Ministers’ meeting on the quad-quadrant security dialogue involving the United States, India, Japan and Australia.
“We hope that the United States and other relevant countries will understand the trend of the times, adopt the right mindset and abandon the Cold War mentality,” he said.
“They should contribute more to regional peace, stability and prosperity rather than pressurizing relations between regional countries,” he said.
foreign Minister S Jaishankar Australia, along with their counterparts from Japan and the US will participate in the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on February 11 in Melbourne.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in New Delhi that it would be an opportunity for the ministers to follow up on their virtual meeting held in February last year and exchange views on regional strategic issues, which would lead to a free, open and inclusive India. -Pacific region.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, the MEA said, “Ministers will review the ongoing Quad cooperation and build on the positive and constructive agenda announced by the leaders at the two summits in 2021, to address contemporary challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic, supply Can go chain, critical technologies, climate change, infrastructure etc.”
Asked about alleged remarks by US Assistant Secretary Daniel J Krittenbrink that the Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in Melbourne would discuss ways to deal with challenges to democratic values and the international order by China, Zhao attacked the US , questioned its democratic credentials.
“Democracy is a common value of mankind, not a monopoly of some countries. It is up to the people of a country whether this country is democratic or not. Despite ruining its democratic brand, America still allows other countries to accept it. Democracy norms and goons join together by drawing ideological lines. This is a sheer betrayal of democracy.’
“China presents a boon to the regional order. China pursues peace, development and cooperation and promotes the creation of an equitable, open and inclusive security system in the Asia-Pacific region that is not directed against any third country.” It rejects formation of special faction and incitement to block confrontation,” he said.
Zhao said, “China, like most countries, recognizes the international system with the United Nations and supports an international order based on international law, not unilaterally defining the so-called “order”.
At the same time, “any multilateral mechanism must be in line with the dominant trend of peace and development and must be conducive to enhancing mutual trust and cooperation between countries,” he said.
China claims almost all of the disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all claim parts of it. Beijing has built artificial islands and military installations in the South China Sea.
Quad leaders at their first-in-person summit in Washington on September 25, hosted by the US President Joe Biden He promised to ensure a “free and open” Indo-Pacific, which is also “inclusive and resilient”, as he noted that the strategically important region, seeing China’s increasing military maneuvering, It is the basis of shared security and prosperity.
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