China's permanent representative to the UN urges the international community to practice genuine multilateralism
Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council held an open meeting on "Cooperation between the United Nations and the Collective Security Treaty Organization" on the 16th.
Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, pointed out in his speech that the international community needs to practice genuine multilateralism and oppose group politics and small circles.
Zhang Jun said that at present, the world is entering a new period of turbulence and change.
Regional hotspot issues emerge one after another, and traditional and non-traditional security threats are intertwined.
The threats of terrorism, extremism and separatism continue to rise, and transnational organized crime, narcotics and other issues are becoming more and more prominent, which are superimposed on each other with the new crown epidemic, posing severe challenges to the security and development of all countries.
Some countries pursue unilateralism and hegemony policies, engage in power politics, harm the security and development interests of other countries through improper means, provoke a new cold war and geopolitical competition, and seriously undermine the international order and global strategic stability.
Faced with a complex and severe situation, the international community needs to practice genuine multilateralism and oppose bloc politics and cliques; it needs to strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and oppose confrontation and pressure; it needs equality and mutual trust, and opposes bullying by power.
Only by grasping the right direction can all countries join hands to build a more prosperous, stable, fair and just world.
He said that the top priority of the international community in Afghanistan is to do everything possible to avoid humanitarian disasters, for which humanitarian aid should be provided vigorously.
Overseas assets belonging to Afghanistan should be returned to the Afghan people promptly and in full.
Zhang Jun said that the Collective Security Treaty Organization has played an important role in safeguarding the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of its member states, as well as preventing and responding to new threats and challenges to regional security.
Both China and the member states of the organization are important partners of long-term friendship and mutual trust.
Under the new situation, China is willing to work with the member states of the organization to deepen cooperation in the "Belt and Road", economy and trade, security, people-to-people and cultural engagement and other fields, improve the level of connectivity and promote the process of economic integration.
We will discuss taking effective measures to fully unleash the cooperation potential of mechanisms such as the Collective Security Treaty Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, jointly combat terrorism, promote lasting peace and common prosperity in the region, and build a closer community with a shared future.
China will strengthen foreign policy communication and coordination with the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, and conduct close cooperation on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations, so as to make positive contributions to maintaining the international order based on international law and the central coordination role of the United Nations in international affairs.