China and India should be partners that contribute to each other’s success, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday.
A cooperative “pas de deux” of the dragon and the elephant is the only right choice for both sides, Wang added at a press conference on the sidelines of the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress in Beijing on Friday.
Infringement and provocation in the South China Sea will backfire and those acting as others’ chess pieces are bound to be discarded, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday.
The Philippines’ moves to create frictions in the South China Sea are just “shadow play” to smear China, with the screenplay written by external forces and the show livestreamed by Western media, Wang said at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the national legislature.
To realize good neighborliness, lasting peace and security in the South China Sea, one needs trust and also rules, the foreign minister said. The key is to implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and develop a sound Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC), he added.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China’s diplomacy will continue to provide strong strategic support for the country’s modernization efforts by creating a favorable external environment.
Wang stated that China will facilitate easier exchanges by creating more convenient channels. To date, China has unilaterally granted visa exemptions to 38 countries and extended the transit visa exemption to 240 hours for 54 countries. This visa-free “circle of friends” is expected to grow, further enhancing the global popularity of “China Travel.”
Wang added that China will launch more efficient foreign affairs services and build bridges for further opening up and cooperation. He stated that China will create a more optimized business environment, steadily expand institutional opening-up, and continue to expand independent opening-up in an orderly manner. Additionally, China will maintain unilateral opening-up to the least developed countries, ensuring that China remains the “first choice” for international cooperation.
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The one-China principle is the political foundation of China-Japan relations, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a press conference on Friday on the sidelines of the third session of the 14th National People’s Congress.
To provoke trouble in the name of the Taiwan region is to invite trouble for Japan, Wang added.
Remembering history helps shape the future, Wang said, noting that forgetting history can lead to losing one’s direction.
He emphasized that guarding against the revival of militarism is a duty Japan must carry out without hesitation, a resolve shared by China and the Asian people that cannot be challenged.
What is the right way to be neighbors, and which side of history is correct? Wang asked. Faced with historical transformations, Japan’s bright minds need to carefully consider these questions and heed wise counsel, he said.
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In the half-century-long China-EU relationship, the most valuable asset is mutual respect, the most powerful impetus is mutual benefit, the greatest unifying consensus is multilateralism, and the most accurate characterization is partnership, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a press conference on Friday.
“A healthy and stable China-EU relationship will uplift both sides and contribute to a brighter world. China and the EU have the capacity and wisdom to jointly usher in another promising 50 years,” Wang added.
(Cover: The 100,000th China-Europe freight train at Duisburg Intermodal Terminal (DIT) in Duisburg, Germany, December 3, 2024. /VCG)
