DM Monitoring
WASHINGTON: China and the United States “urgently need” to enhance cooperation as the world faces the common enemy of the COVID-19 pandemic and an increasing threat from climate change, Chinese Ambassador Cui Tiankai said.
“Both China and the United States gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation,” said Cui in his speech at the “China-U.S. Engagement: Past Achievements & Future Adjustments” Online Dialogue, an event organized by the Chinese People’s Association for Peace and Disarmament and the Carter Center on Wednesday evening.
“Cooperation is the only right option for the two sides…It has been proved time and again that when China and the United States cooperate, we can get things done, and that is good news for both countries and the whole world,” Cui said. Over the past two decades, the two countries have carried out effective coordination and cooperation in a wide range of fields, from overcoming the global financial crisis to fighting terrorism, from helping African countries combat Ebola to addressing hotspots such as the Korean Peninsula issue and the Iranian nuclear issue, he said. “Right now, we face the common enemy of the pandemic and an increasing threat from climate change. China sincerely welcomes America’s return to the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization and looks forward to stronger cooperation with it in these two fields,” Cui said.
