When the Chinese and Russian foreign ministers met in Guilin, what did they say to the world and to each other?

　　China News Agency, Beijing, March 24 (Guo Chaokai) The two-day meeting of Chinese and Russian foreign ministers ended on the 23rd in Guilin, Guangxi.

The two foreign ministers extensively exchanged views on bilateral relations and major international and regional issues and reached a series of new consensuses.

　　This is the first visit to China by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia. It is also after the visit of Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Russia last September, the foreign ministers of the two countries met again after six months.

From the perspective of the outside world, through this fruitful meeting, China and Russia have respectively sent clear messages to the world and to each other.

　　——What did China and Russia say to the world?

　　The meeting of the foreign ministers of China and Russia is generally regarded as a special occasion by the outside world.

Especially a few days ago, China and the United States just concluded an impressive meeting in Anchorage, which made this meeting even more eye-catching.

　　On the first day of the meeting, the Chinese and Russian foreign ministers first conducted strategic communications on international and regional issues of common concern.

Whether it is to inform each other of the current status of their relations with the United States, or to focus on the Iranian nuclear issue, Afghanistan and Myanmar and other hotspots, they have shown to the international community the minds and responsibilities of China and Russia as world powers and permanent members of the UN Security Council.

　　The two foreign ministers jointly signed and issued the "Joint Statement of the Chinese and Russian Foreign Ministers on Several Issues in Current Global Governance", explaining the correct connotations of the four concepts of "human rights," "democracy," "international order," and "multilateralism."

In the joint statement, China and Russia openly talked about human rights, clearly "oppose the politicization of human rights issues, abandon the use of human rights issues to interfere in other countries' internal affairs and double standards", and advocate that world powers should "take the lead in safeguarding international law and an international order based on international law." , Adhere to "practice the principles of openness, equality, and non-ideological multilateralism."

　　Observations believe that this is a group politics in which some countries have recently engaged in "small circles" and organized gangs. China and Russia have expressed a clear attitude in a rare international joint statement document, clarifying that they adhere to "true multilateralism" and insist on playing a mainstay role in international affairs. Establish a model for relations between major powers in the new era.

　　According to Ruan Zongze, executive vice president of the China Institute of International Studies, Sino-Russian relations have their endogenous motivation and independent value, and the development of the two countries should not regard other countries as enemies or rivals.

The strengthening of Sino-Russian relations is also playing an active role in better fulfilling the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and safeguarding international fairness and justice.

　　In fact, for many years, China and Russia have firmly supported each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests, and put forward more China-Russia initiatives within multilateral frameworks such as the G20 and APEC, demonstrating their determination and will to maintain global strategic stability. The mainstay of safeguarding world peace and stability.

　　——What did China and Russia say to each other?

　　Distant relatives are not as good as neighbors.

Guilin, the Chinese homophonic "guilin", why the meeting place of the foreign ministers of the two countries was chosen in Guilin caused heated discussions.

As friendly neighbors, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the signing of the "Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation" between the two countries. Holding the foreign ministers' meeting at this critical time is of great significance to the future direction of China-Russia relations.

　　In this regard, Wang Yi said bluntly that “regardless of changes in the international situation, the comprehensive strategic cooperation between China and Russia will only strengthen, not weaken, only expand, not shrink.” When the two foreign ministers met with reporters, Wang Yi explained China-Russia four strategic consensus and four major endeavors.

　　From "being a strong backing for each other on issues of core interests" to "accelerating the resumption of work and production, and resuming business and the market under normalized epidemic prevention and control conditions", from "being each other's important partners on the road of development and revitalization" to " To be the mainstay of upholding fairness and justice in international affairs. In the eyes of observers, the four major endeavors also make the future cooperation path between China and Russia clearer.

　　During the meeting, Wang Yi used the landscape of Guilin as a metaphor and praised the high level of China-Russia's comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation in the new era, which is also "the best in the world."

Today, Sino-Russian relations have developed into a pair of major power relations with the highest degree of mutual trust, the highest level of cooperation, and the highest strategic value. It has become a model of major power relations in international exchanges.

　　Li Yongquan, Dean of the School of International Relations at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and President of the China-Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Society, said that in the past 20 years, under the guidance of the treaty, China and Russia have enabled the healthy development of bilateral relations, successfully resolved border issues, and steadily advanced pragmatic cooperation to ensure regional stability and development. , To make an important contribution to world peace.

　　A series of brilliant data also witnessed the pragmatic cooperation between China and Russia.

In 2020, the bilateral trade volume reached 107.765 billion U.S. dollars, maintaining a level of 100 billion for three consecutive years.

China has become Russia's largest trading partner for 11 consecutive years.

The 2020-2021 China-Russia Science and Technology Innovation Year is fully launched, and cooperation in new business formats such as artificial intelligence, 5G and big data is in the ascendant.

　　During the epidemic, the unity of China and Russia to fight the epidemic also illuminated the "darkest moment" of the global epidemic.

The two countries helped each other during the worst of the epidemic and became a health community that is unbreakable by the new crown virus.

　　In the post-epidemic era, how can the cooperation between China and Russia be stable and far-reaching?

The meeting also gave a clear message that China and Russia have agreed to extend the treaty and focus on celebrating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the treaty to promote greater development of Sino-Russian relations in the new era.

　　"2021 is a year of special significance for Sino-Russian relations. China and Russia will jointly commemorate the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Russian Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation, and jointly plan for future strategic cooperation." Li Yongquan said that the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination has With strong vitality, under the guidance of the spirit of the treaty, China-Russia strategic cooperation has no end and no upper limit.

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