Chinanews.com, Beijing, September 5. On the evening of September 4, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended a video meeting of the foreign ministers of the BRICS countries in Beijing.
Wang Yi said that at present, the world is entering a period of turbulence and adjustment, facing a series of new threats and challenges:
The new crown pneumonia epidemic poses a direct threat to human health.
This global public health emergency has not yet reached the bottom. It will take time for the world to fully recover from it. We need to be prepared for a long-term fight against the virus.
Unilateral bullying poses a severe challenge to the international order. Individual countries have gone further and further on the divergent path of unilateralism, constantly "withdrawing from the group" and "breaking contracts", severely impacting the international system with the United Nations at its core, and threatening the foundation of large numbers of small and medium-sized countries. .
Some extreme political forces have regained their "Cold War mentality" and pushed the world into a dangerous situation.
Protectionism has had a major impact on the world economy.
Individual countries have set off anti-globalization trends, erected protectionist barriers, undermined the stability of the world supply chain and industrial chain, frequently wielded unilateral sanctions, contained and suppressed foreign companies, vigorously promoted the "decoupling theory", and tried to artificially cut off world funds Flow, technology flow, industry flow and personnel flow.
Wang Yi said that at the same time, we must also see that the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation, and win-win has not changed, and the development law of economic globalization in the twists and turns has not changed. The emerging economies represented by the BRICS countries have not changed. The basic trend of the rise of sex has not changed.
The BRICS countries should boost their confidence, deepen cooperation, strengthen coordination, and take responsibility for international peace and global development.
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