Cheng Guoping: China is willing to uphold the new security concept and jointly support Afghanistan in coping with challenges
Xinhua News Agency, Dushanbe, May 27. The Fourth Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan was held in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, on the 27th.
Cheng Guoping, the foreign security commissioner of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed in an interview with the Tajik media on the 27th that China is willing to uphold the new security concept and jointly support Afghanistan in addressing challenges.
Cheng Guoping said that the eight countries participating in the meeting today are all close neighbors of Afghanistan, and they all pay close attention to the changes in the situation in Afghanistan, actively promote the political settlement process of the Afghanistan issue, provide support for the stability and development of Afghanistan, and play a constructive role in the smooth transition of the situation in Afghanistan.
Cheng Guoping said that Afghanistan is located in the "heart of Asia", and the development of the situation in Afghanistan, especially the security situation, has an important impact on regional security and stability.
Afghanistan is currently in a critical period from chaos to governance. Countries in the region should strengthen communication and coordination, build consensus and make unremitting efforts to help Afghanistan achieve lasting peace and stability.
Cheng Guoping emphasized that Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward a global security initiative not long ago, emphasizing the need to adhere to a new concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and jointly maintain world peace and security.
China is willing to uphold this spirit and make joint efforts with countries in the region to support the Afghan system in coping with challenges in all aspects.
——Only with good governance and good governance can the country be stable.
We should support Afghanistan in building a broad, inclusive and moderate governance, achieving national reconciliation and people's unity at home, maintaining independence and good-neighborliness and friendship abroad, and embarking on the road of self-reliance and self-improvement.
——Only with economic development can social stability be achieved.
We should continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, oppose unreasonable unilateral sanctions, and support Afghanistan in enhancing its capability of independent development, integrating into the regional economic structure, and embarking on a path of prosperity and progress.
——Only by resolutely fighting terrorism can we be truly safe.
We should push Afghanistan to eliminate terrorism from its source, ensure that Afghanistan will no longer become a sanctuary, breeding ground and source of proliferation of terrorist forces, solve the refugee and drug problems, and embark on the road of peaceful development.
Cheng Guoping said: "I look forward to having an in-depth exchange of views with colleagues on the above issues at this meeting and reaching more consensus. I also look forward to the Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan and other multilateral mechanisms involving Afghanistan to promote Afghanistan and the region. to make new contributions to lasting security and shared prosperity.”