China News Agency, Washington, November 27th. The Chinese and Russian ambassadors to the United States jointly wrote a few days ago that China and Russia call for an end to incitement of estrangement and confrontation under the banner of "values ​​diplomacy", and that countries practice mutual respect, cooperation and win-win international relations. The concept promotes the harmonious coexistence of countries with different social systems, different ideologies, different historical cultures, and different levels of development.

　　Chinese Ambassador to the United States Qin Gang and Russian Ambassador to the United States A. Antonov published a jointly signed article entitled "Respect for the Democratic Rights of Peoples of All Countries" on the website of "National Interest" magazine on the 26th.

　　The article pointed out that from December 9th to 10th, the United States will host the "Democracy Summit" online. It decides on its own who can participate, who cannot participate, who is a "democratic country", and who is not. This is a typical Cold War mentality. It will incite ideological opposition and contradictions in the world and create new divisions.

This trend is in contradiction with the development of the modern world. It cannot prevent the formation of a global multi-polar structure, but it may interfere with this objective process.

China and Russia are firmly opposed.

　　The article emphasizes that democracy is not the patent of any one country or a small group of countries, but the rights of the people of all countries.

There are many ways to achieve democracy, and there is no one-size-fits-all model.

Whether a country’s path will work, the key depends on whether it conforms to its own national conditions, whether it conforms to the development trend of the times, whether it will bring about economic development, social progress, improvement of people’s livelihood, and social stability, whether it can be supported and supported by the people, and whether it can contribute to human progress. Contribute to the cause.

　　The article emphasizes that the most basic criteria for judging democracy is to see whether the people have the right to extensively participate in the governance of the country, whether the people's demands can be responded to and satisfied, and whether the people have a sense of gain and satisfaction.

If the people are awakened only when they vote and enter the dormant period after voting, only when they listen to the slogans of the sky and have no right to speak after the election, only when they are favored when canvassing votes, and they are left out after the election, this kind of democracy is not true. democracy.

　　The article said that democracy should not only be reflected in domestic governance, but also in international relations.

A government with a truly democratic spirit will support the democratization of international relations, instead of advocating "democracy" at home, promoting hegemony in the world, calling for "unity" at home, and creating divisions in the world.

Although countries have differences on specific issues, they should cooperate on the basis of mutual respect to achieve development and prosperity.

　　The article stated that the sovereignty, security and development interests of all countries should not be violated.

Violating the UN Charter and other basic norms of international law, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of fighting corruption, promoting democratic values, or protecting human rights, hindering the development of other countries, brandishing the sanctions club at every turn, and even infringing on the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of other countries are obviously anti-democratic .

　　The article stated that no country has the right to use a single ruler to measure the world's rich and colorful political civilization.

It is obviously anti-democratic to export the country's system through illegal means such as "color revolutions", regime changes, and even the use of force.

　　The article pointed out that in international affairs, countries should uphold the concept of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, practice true multilateralism, and form a more inclusive global governance, rather than whoever has the biggest fist.

The practices of solipsism, national priority, hegemonism and unilateralism are obviously anti-democratic.

　　The article stated that the pursuit of common security and common development is the mainstream aspiration of the international community.

It is obviously anti-democratic to use ideology as a tool to suppress other countries and implement geostrategy, to pursue absolute security of oneself, and to create divisions and confrontations.

　　The article emphasizes that there is only one system in the world, that is, the international system with the United Nations as the core; there is only one order, that is, the international order based on international law; there is only one set of rules, that is, the international rules based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.

Talking about "rules-based international order", avoiding the United Nations and international law, and substituting small group rules for international rules is revisionism and is obviously anti-democratic.

　　The article believes that as the international community faces many global challenges, countries urgently need to strengthen coordination and cooperation to jointly promote the cause of human progress.

Especially today, the international community needs to strengthen cooperation to jointly respond to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, promote economic development and combat cross-border threats.

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