China News Service, Beijing, March 7th. On the 7th, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on issues related to "China's foreign policy and foreign relations". He answered 27 consecutive questions, and responded to the situation in Ukraine, China-Russia relations, Sino-US relations and the Taiwan issue, the Korean Peninsula issue, etc.

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 in Beijing, 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 Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin

On the situation in Ukraine

——China is willing to continue to play a constructive role in promoting peace talks

  Russia and Ukraine have had two rounds of talks, and we hope that the upcoming third round of negotiations will make new progress.

The Chinese side believes that the tighter the situation, the more unstoppable the peace talks will be; the greater the differences, the more need to sit down and negotiate.

China is willing to continue to play a constructive role in promoting peace talks, and is willing to work with the international community to carry out necessary mediation when needed.

  China is willing to continue to make its own efforts to overcome the humanitarian crisis.

The Red Cross Society of China will provide a batch of emergency humanitarian aid to Ukraine as soon as possible.

On Sino-Russian Relations

- Do Western sanctions affect Sino-Russian relations?

The friendship between the two peoples is rock solid

  The development of Sino-Russian relations has a clear historical logic and a strong endogenous driving force. The friendship between the two peoples is rock-solid, and the prospects for cooperation between the two sides are very broad.

No matter how sinister the international situation is, both China and Russia will maintain their strategic resolve and keep pushing forward the comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination in the new era.

On Sino-US Relations

——The two sides should regain the original intention of melting ice, repack and set off

  The fact before us is that the US still spares no effort to carry out "intense competition" against China in a zero-sum game, constantly attacking and provoking troubles on issues concerning China's core interests, and successively piecing together a "small circle" to suppress China in the international arena. , not only undermines the overall situation of bilateral relations, but also impacts international peace and stability.

This is not what a responsible big country should be like, nor is it what a country with credibility does.

  This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Shanghai Communiqué.

Looking back on history, in the spirit of seeking common ground while reserving differences, China and the United States replaced confrontation with cooperation, benefiting the two peoples and promoting world peace and prosperity.

Looking forward to the future, the two sides should regain the original intention of melting ice, regroup and set out, and replace the "three-point rule" of competition, cooperation, and confrontation with the "three principles" of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and win-win cooperation, and promote the US policy toward China. Return to the right track of rationality and pragmatism, and push China-US relations back to the right track of soundness and stability.

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" .

The picture shows a reporter from China News Agency asking questions in the multi-functional hall of the Media Center.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Kejia

On the US-Indo-Pacific Strategy

——The real purpose of the "Indo-Pacific strategy" is to try to create an Indo-Pacific version of "NATO"

  The US "Indo-Pacific strategy" is becoming synonymous with bloc politics.

What it brings is by no means gospel, but a disaster that disrupts regional peace and stability.

The real purpose of the "Indo-Pacific Strategy" is to try to create an Indo-Pacific version of "NATO". It maintains the US-led hegemonic system, impacts the ASEAN-centered regional cooperation structure, and damages the overall and long-term interests.

This countercurrent runs counter to the common vision of countries in the region to seek peace, development, cooperation and win-win results, and is doomed to have no future.

On China-EU Relations

- China-EU relations are not subject to third parties

  China-EU and China-Russia relations are entirely two issues.

China-EU relations are not aimed at, not dependent on, nor controlled by a third party.

Dialogue and cooperation between the two sides on the basis of mutual respect, mutual benefit and win-win results will provide more stability factors for the turbulent world situation.

Of course, there are still some forces who do not want to see the stable development of China-EU relations, fabricate the so-called "China threat", hype up competition with China, advocate "institutional rivals", and even provoke sanctions and confrontation.

It is hoped that both China and the EU will be highly vigilant about this.

On Sino-Japanese Relations

  ——Taiwan

and other major sensitive issues are related to the foundation of mutual trust between China and Japan

  Three pieces of advice are offered to the Japanese side: the first is to stay true to the original intention and grasp the correct direction of the relationship between the two countries.

The second is to keep promises and maintain the political foundation of bilateral relations.

The third is to follow the trend and jointly create broad prospects for bilateral relations.

  Major and sensitive issues such as history and Taiwan bear on the foundation of mutual trust between China and Japan.

The foundation is not strong, and the ground shakes.

It is hoped that the Japanese side will abide by the series of solemn commitments it has made so far on these issues, so as to avoid serious impact on the relationship between the two countries.

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 in Beijing, 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 Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Ye

on the Taiwan issue

- There is no comparison between the Taiwan issue and the Ukraine issue

  The Taiwan issue and the Ukraine issue are fundamentally different, and there is no comparison between the two.

We have seen that some people emphasize the principle of sovereignty on the Ukraine issue, but they continue to undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Taiwan issue. This is a blatant double standard.

  The hope for Taiwan's future lies in the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and in the realization of national reunification, rather than relying on some external "blank promises".

There is no way out for "relying on foreign countries to seek independence", "using Taiwan to control China" is doomed to failure, and Taiwan will eventually return to the embrace of the motherland.

On the Korean Peninsula issue

——Where the peninsula issue goes depends to a large extent on the U.S. side

  The "root" of the DPRK issue lies in the fact that the external security threats faced by the DPRK have not been eliminated for a long time, and the DPRK's reasonable security concerns have never been fundamentally resolved.

We have noticed that the US recently publicly stated that it has no hostility towards the DPRK and is willing to resolve the issue through diplomatic means.

But where to go next depends to a large extent on what the US does: will it really take concrete actions to solve the problem, or will it continue to use the peninsula issue as a geostrategic bargaining chip?

  China once again calls on the United States to take practical measures to address the DPRK's legitimate security concerns, establish basic mutual trust with the DPRK, and at the same time, in accordance with the "dual-track" approach and the "phased and synchronized" principle, to continuously advance the process of political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue.

China is willing to continue to play a constructive role and make due efforts to this end.

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