BEIJING: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday called on members of the Group of 20 (G20) to practice true multilateralism and treat each other as partners as the world faces major challenges.
Wang made the remarks when attending the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Bali, Indonesia. The G20 is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 leading economies and the European Union.
G20 members should be partners committed to mutual respect and consultation on the basis of equality, he said. International affairs should be addressed through joint consultation by all countries, and international rules should be jointly made and obeyed by all countries, he said.
“In the world, there is only one system – the international system with the United Nations at its core; there is only one order – the international order underpinned by international law,” he said.
G20 members should be partners committed to peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, Wang said.
He urged countries to attach importance to other countries’ security and safeguard the security of all, calling it the only way to achieve one’s own security. Putting one’s own security above that of other countries and strengthening military blocs will only lead to divisions in the international community and make itself less secure, he warned.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
