(Two Sessions Express) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi: China-ASEAN relations are not the best, only better
China News Agency, Beijing, March 7 (Reporter Li Chun) "China-ASEAN relations are not the best, but only better." Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing on the 7th.
On the same day, the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People, inviting Wang Yi to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on issues related to "China's foreign policy and foreign relations".
At 3:00 p.m. on March 7, the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference in the press conference hall of the Great Hall of the People, inviting State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on issues related to "China's foreign policy and foreign relations" .
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia
When asked how China plans to deepen relations with ASEAN, Wang Yi said that 30 years ago, China and ASEAN established dialogue relations and were at the forefront of regional cooperation.
Thirty years later, China and ASEAN have established a comprehensive strategic partnership, setting an example of good-neighborliness and friendship.
Over the past 30 years, China and ASEAN have been following the best of the weather, the right place, and the people together. They have blazed a bright road of neighborly dating and win-win cooperation, and created the most dynamic and potential model of regional cooperation.
"China-ASEAN relations are not the best, they will only get better." Wang Yi said that looking forward to the future, China is willing to work with ASEAN countries, not forgetting the original intention of maintaining stability and tranquility, upholding the mission of achieving common development, and insisting on mutual understanding, mutual accommodation, mutual assistance and mutual assistance. The way of getting along with neighbors, promote the relationship between the two sides to move forward like a train running on the China-Laos railway, and continue to achieve new results in building a closer China-ASEAN community of shared future, so as to better benefit the people of both sides.
Wang Yi stressed that China and ASEAN should be advocates of international anti-epidemic cooperation.
Deepen cooperation in areas such as joint vaccine production and key drug research and development, so that the "shield of health" built by the two sides is unbreakable, and the "fast track" and "green channel" built by the two sides run smoothly, so as to protect the lives and health of people in the region.
He pointed out that China and ASEAN should be leaders in regional cooperation.
Promote the full and effective implementation of RCEP, start the construction of the 3.0 version of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area as soon as possible, expand cooperation in new fields such as blue, green, and digital economy, jointly build a new international land-sea trade channel, and create a new benchmark for regional cooperation.
China and ASEAN should be the guardians of Asia-Pacific stability.
Calling for peace, stability and prosperity is the common aspiration of countries in the region.
The Asia-Pacific region is not a "chessboard" in the game of major powers, and ASEAN countries are not "chess pieces" in geopolitical competition, but important "chess players" in promoting regional development and prosperity.
"We will continue to take ASEAN as the priority of China's diplomacy, firmly safeguard the ASEAN-centered regional cooperation structure, maintain the status of Southeast Asia's nuclear-weapon-free zone, and maintain regional peace and stability. Create group confrontation and division confrontation." Wang Yi said.
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