China News Agency, Beijing, July 28. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his views on Sino-US relations during a phone call with French Foreign Minister Le Dillon on the 28th.
Wang Yi said that at present, Sino-US relations have caused widespread concern in the international community. The fundamental reason is that some domestic political forces in the United States, out of political considerations to promote elections and the need to maintain unipolar hegemony, will not hesitate to completely deny the history of Sino-US relations. Unreasonably suppress China in all directions, constantly provoke China's core interests, attack the social system chosen by the Chinese people, and slander the ruling party that is closely connected with the Chinese people. These actions have lost the most basic etiquette for state-to-state exchanges and have broken through the most basic bottom line of international norms. They are naked power politics. If it comes down to one word, it is "hegemony."
Wang Yi said that what is worthy of vigilance is that US Secretary of State Pompeo delivered a speech a few days ago in an attempt to rekindle ideological opposition and lead the world into a new Cold War. The world seems to have seen the McCarthyism attempt to make a comeback, which has been swept into the garbage dump of history. If this conspiracy theory is allowed to succeed, not only will Sino-US relations fall into the abyss of confrontation, the world will fall into a crisis of division, and the future and destiny of mankind will also be in danger. The situation.
Wang Yi said that in recent years, under the banner of "America First", the United States has gone further and further along the road of unilateralism, repeatedly betraying its own international commitments and international obligations. A serious impact on international law and international order. The number of international treaties withdrawn by the current US government has exceeded any previous US administration. The United States even announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization at the critical moment when the international community most needed to unite in the fight against the epidemic, despite the opposition of the international community, evading the morality and responsibility that it should shoulder as a major country. The United States has become the biggest disruptor of the current international order, standing on the opposite side of historical trends and the international community.
Wang Yi said that China will respond firmly and rationally in the face of the rampant and unreasonable United States.
First of all, China will resolutely counteract bad practices that infringe on China's legitimate rights and interests. China will never take the initiative to provoke incidents and always exercise maximum restraint. Not long ago, the United States forcibly closed the Chinese Consulate General in Houston and provoked China’s sovereignty and dignity. Of course, we must make a legitimate and necessary response. This is in full compliance with diplomatic practice and is also the right of all sovereign countries in the world.
Second, China and the United States should communicate rationally. We will never allow a small number of anti-China elements to subvert the successful accumulation of Sino-U.S. exchanges and cooperation for decades, nor will we allow ideological prejudice to undermine the future development of Sino-U.S. relations. The US's wanton incitement of confrontation and division is the same as that of China and the United States today. The reality of the deep integration of interests is very different, and it is even more at odds with the common aspirations of the people of the world. We are willing to proceed from the common interests of the people of China and the United States and the people of the world, and strive to maintain the stability of Sino-US relations through equal communication and exchanges.
Third, the international community should jointly maintain unity and cooperation. We believe that all countries can make correct and wise judgments, avoid being trapped by a few political forces in the United States, and jointly prevent the world from being dragged into a new cold war of conflict and confrontation, and jointly prevent the process of globalization from being brutally interrupted. Indulging bullying will not guarantee your own safety, but will make the bully better. All countries should act to resist any unilateral and forceful acts and defend the overall situation of world peace and development.
Wang Yi said that we are still full of confidence in the future of the world, because any perverse acts are unpopular and impossible to last. Peace and cooperation will definitely become the choice of the times and the people. (Finish)