Beijing, July 10 (TNS): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that China will strengthen its ties with neighboring countries to curb terrorist threats.
Commenting on President’s Xi Jinping’s recent visits to Russia and Germany, he said these led to strong partnership both at bilateral and regional levels to face common threats, relating to peace and stability.
About the visit to Russia, Wang Yi said, the two sides will join other countries in safeguarding international balance and strategic stability, jointly responding to terrorist threats, promoting political solutions to re gional hotspot issues, building an inclusive global economy and making complete the global governance system.
In the development of bilateral relations, China and Russia have kept deepening their comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination on the basis of non-alliance, non-confrontation and not targeting third countries, which is becoming a paradigm for new-type relations between major countries, and which demonstrates powerful vigor and vitality as well as enormous development potential, Wang said.
During his 26-hour compact visit that kicked off on last Monday, Xi met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The leaders had in-depth discussions on deepening bilateral ties and promoting cooperation in various fields.
They reached consensus on a series of major issues, spelling out new strategic guidance to China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination, Wang said. During the visit, the two countries agreed to strengthen support to each other in issues concerning each other’s core interests.
The two heads of state signed a joint statement on further deepening the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination and ratified the 2017-2020 implementation guideline for the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness,
According to Wang Yi, the two sides will continue to practically promote the alignment of the Belt and Road construction with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union, accelerate negotiations between China and the Euraasian Economic Union on economic and trade cooperation,actively explore cooperation on the Northern Sea Route and jointly build a “Silk Road on Ice.”
During the July 4-6 visit, Xi met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to review bilateral ties and discuss guidelines for the promotion of China-Germany comprehensive strategic partnership. The two sides set targets for the development of bilateral ties in the next five years, and reached new consensus on promoting political mutual trust, deepening pragmatic cooperation, enriching cultural exchange and strengthening international cooperation, said Wang.
Xi and Merkel agreed to step up bilateral cooperation within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative so
as to share the enormous market opportunities brought about by inter-connectivity between Asia and Europe.
Xi’s visit to Germany also produced positive impact on the deepening of China’s overall cooperation with Europe.
Working together with the other participants, Xi made efforts to promote positive progress at the Hamburg
summit on the basis of the G20’s summit held last year in Hangzhou, China, and made new contributions to
strengthening cooperation within the G20, promoting global economic growth and improving global economic governance, Wang said.
Xi made it clear that the G20 should adhere to taking the path of open development and mutual benefit leading to all-win results, support a multilateral trade mechanism,and promote international trade and investment, Wang
said.
