China News Service, Beijing, October 19 (Reporter Li Jingze) In response to the US initiative to hold a "leadership democracy summit", Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out in Beijing on the 19th that democracy is neither a slogan nor a dogma.
What the world today urgently needs is to abide by the norms of international relations based on the UN Charter, strengthen global coordination and cooperation, join hands to respond to global challenges, and jointly advance the cause of human progress.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wang Wenbin.
Photography: Xue Wei
A reporter asked a question. In response to the US initiative to hold a "leadership democracy summit," Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said recently that the US is bound to invite democratic countries to be identified by itself. In essence, the Cold War mentality divides the international community into the enemy and our camp.
What is China's comment?
"I have noticed relevant reports and think that Foreign Minister Lavrov has made a lot of sense." Wang Wenbin said.
"Democracy is not a slogan." Wang Wenbin emphasized that the aura of "democracy" should not be used to cover up the problems that arise in one's own governance and allow the people of the country to pay a heavy price because of racial discrimination, social tearing, and polarization between the rich and the poor.
"Democracy is not a dogma." Wang Wenbin said that one should not ignore the vast differences in the history, culture, social system, and development stages of countries in the world, and try to turn democracy into Coca-Cola. Rights and freedoms.
"Democracy is not even a guise for the promotion of hegemony." Wang Wenbin pointed out that we should not use ideology and values as tools to suppress other countries and advance geostrategy under the banner of democracy, inciting division and confrontation internationally, and pushing the world back into a dangerous situation. The cold war years.
Wang Wenbin said that what is urgently needed in the world today is not to convene a so-called "democratic summit" or establish a "democratic alliance", but to comply with the norms of international relations based on the UN Charter, strengthen global coordination and cooperation, and work together to deal with the epidemic. Global challenges such as ravages and climate change will jointly advance the cause of human progress.
"If you use the banner of democracy to provoke estrangement and division and incitement to confrontation, it will trample on and betray the spirit of democracy and democratic values. It will only bring turmoil and chaos to the world and undermine the peace and development of mankind. This will inevitably be met by the international community. Social resistance and opposition." Wang Wenbin emphasized.
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