China, Russia to safeguard global strategic stability, promote peaceful development
By Kong Jun, People’s Daily
China and Russia vowed to oppose
unilateralism, safeguard global strategic stability, and protect multilateralism
and global order in a joint
statement signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart President
Vladimir Putin on June 5.
The joint statement marks the second time for
the two heads of state to sign a paper of this kind on strategic stability
since 2016. It is of major practical and far-reaching historical significance
as the world is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century.
The joint statement is a pivot that carries
the new connotation of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of
coordination for a new era.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the
China-Russia diplomatic relationship. Withstanding the tests of
the ever-changing international landscape and gradually growing
mature, stable and resilient, the bilateral ties between the two countries have
developed into a major-country relationship featuring the highest degree of
mutual trust, the highest level of coordination and the highest strategic value.
The China-Russia relationship is not only a
booster for the development and revitalization of the two countries in the new
era, but also a ballast stone for global peace and stability.
The deepening of China-Russia strategic
coordination is not an act of expediency, nor will it be changed by external
factors. It is a strategic choice based on the fundamental interests of the two
countries.
With an
aim to deepen political mutual trust, enhance strategic coordination and
maintain global strategic stability, the joint statement signed by President Xi
and President Putin is an important milestone that marks a new starting point of
China-Russia relations and endows China-Russia strategic coordination with new
direction and connotation.
The joint statement showcases China is willing
to shoulder its responsibilities and injects positive energy to the protection
of international strategic stability.
The world is currently undergoing great
development, profound changes and major adjustments, and peace and development
are still the theme of the era. The human society is gradually becoming a
community with a shared future.
However, the world has been suffering
from a rising Cold War mentality, as well as unilateralism and hegemony in
recent years. Some countries, seeking absolute security, are stirring up major country competition and have constantly broken
promises and withdrawn from international organizations, which has caused
serious impacts on international arms control and security system, led to
continuous escalation of regional hot-spot issues, and posed serious threats to
strategic balance and stability.
As a Chinese proverb goes, no egg is able to
stay unbroken when a nest is overturned. Under such circumstances, the two
heads of state have drawn wisdom from both countries to enhance strategic
stability, safeguard multilateral arms control system and find political
solution to non-proliferation hotspot issues, by directly facing the challenges
and targeting at a series of negative measures that impede global strategic
stability.
By jointly safeguarding global strategic stability,
China and Russia are not seeking their own interests or following the old path of alliance,
confrontation, or targeting at third party, but
safeguarding the international order centered on international law, the
world and regional peace and stability, as well as the common interests of the international
society.
The joint statement, eyeing the future, will
inject new energy to global security governance on the new frontiers.
In recent years, science and technology have
experienced accelerated development, and effectively promoted the social and
economic progress of the world. The prospects of human society have never been
so bright.
However, the development of science and
technology is also a double-edged sword, as the military application of cyber
space, outer space and artificial intelligence is able to change the
traditional forms and lower the cost of wars. It will not only place a profound
impact on international security, but also bring a series of legal and ethnic
issues, triggering broad attention from the international society.
China and Russia have always championed that technology
should be used for peaceful development, and opposed to weaponizing outer space
and cyber space, as well as arms race. Their proposal to start negotiation on
related international laws received support from most countries.
The joint statement released this time
proposed to step up preventive diplomacy of arms control, and called on the
international society to take the UN as a platform and study the possible
impacts to be brought by scientific development on international security, as
well as relevant legalization.
It reflected the Chinese and Russian
Presidents’ sense of responsibility for mankind and future generations.
At present, the peaceful development of the
world is encountering both valuable opportunities and serious challenges, indicating
the fact that no country is able to deal
with alone.
To protect the multilateral system with UN at
the core and the international order established after World
War II, and to promote global governance on the new frontier are in line
with the interests of and has become a common responsibility for the
international society.
China and Russia have made and will make
relentless efforts in this regard. It’s hoped that some major countries can
wake up and pull back before they go too far on revisionism.
It’s hoped that all the peace-loving forces
can join hands and form a strong historical
trend to safeguard global strategic stability, as well as international peace
and security.
China, Russia to safeguard global strategic stability, promote peaceful development
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