Multilateralism needed in governance of Middle East
By Zhong Sheng
To exploring
new ideas for security governance in the Middle East is of vital practical
significance in today’s world. It calls on each party to jointly discuss
solutions to hotspot issues, negotiate on security cooperation plans, and seek
for strategies of stable development.
Security
in the Middle East under the New Situation: Challenges and Prospects, which was
the theme of the Middle East Security Forum (MESF) recently held in Beijing,
poses an important question that the world needs to contemplate on under the increasingly
complicated security situation in the region.
The constantly emerging hotspot issues in the Middle
East have trapped multiple countries in chaos. The development of endogenous contradictions
in the region, such as geographical, ethnical, sectarian, and national
governance takes partial responsibility for the predicament. However, external
forces cannot escape the blame for their irresponsible wrongdoing in the region,
either.
The Palestine-Israel issue has been deviating from the "two-state
solution" with sharper contradictions and disputes. As a country that has
an important influence on the Middle East, the US has injected huge
instabilities into the complicated situation of the region with its selfish and
unilateral Middle East policies.
The country even said publicly that the US
administration does not consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank a
violation of international law, which has triggered protests of the Palestinians
and strong dissatisfaction of Arabic countries.
Former
Prime Minister of Iraq Ayad Allawi noted at the MESF that the biased stance taken by the US
has contained the Palestine-Israel peace process, calling it a root cause for
regional security tensions.
In the
name of "peace", the US is making private profits during the Middle
East peace process and pushing the region toward tension and conflicts, said United
Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper Al Khaleej.
Besides,
Palestinian media called on the international society to uphold justice, with a
premise to respect and guarantee the interests of the people in the region.
Under the new security situation in the Middle East,
each party is working to find new mechanisms to promote peace. However, it's undisputed
that any mechanism with such purpose should not deviate from the principle of
equity and justice.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a recent congratulatory
message to the United Nation (UN) -organized the Observance of the "International
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People" that "The international
community should safeguard fairness and justice, and uphold relevant UN
resolutions as well as the land-for-peace principle and the two-state solution,
so as to create an atmosphere conducive to the resumption of Palestine-Israel
peace talks." Such firm support for the Palestine-Israel
peace represents international justice.
China supports to bring the Iranian nuclear issue back
to the track of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) without delay, and
opposes the act of reversing the course of history through exerting unilateral
extreme pressure. It showcases the sense of responsibility of a major country.
Chinese
solutions have earned trust and been welcomed by each party for the adherence
to justice, emphasis on long-term development and focus on addressing both the
symptoms and root causes.
China rejects
the idea of absolute security at the cost of others and the zero-sum or
self-supremacist mentality. Instead, it holds that the world must together pursue common,
comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security.
China
seeks to guarantee the security of all countries – not only military security,
but also political and social stability. Besides, the country proposes to
realize security through political dialogues and multilateral cooperation, and
emphasizes development during security process in which development serves as
support for security and enhances the sustainability of security.
China
is never partial to any party, or seeks the so-called absolute security of its
own at the cost of the security of other countries. It is a constant attitude
of the country, one that will never follow the beaten path to seek hegemony as
it gets stronger.
Jawad
Anani, former deputy prime minister of Jordan believes that China is able to
play an important role in solving the security issues of the Middle East and
pushing for permanent peace of the region.
To
make contribution to global peace and development is a due responsibility of
all members of the international community. China has always firmly supported
the positive efforts made by countries and people in the Middle East to
safeguard equity and justice, and protect regional peace and stability.
The
country has worked actively to promote peace through talks, making constructive
proposals on multiple hotspot regional issues, such as the Syria issue, Palestine-Israel
conflict and Libya issue.
During
this year’s UN General Assembly, China put forward three proposals on the situation
in the Middle East and the Gulf region for which it received sincere welcome
from relevant parties.
China
has sent over 1,800 UN peacekeepers to the Middle East, and a total of 5 Special
Envoys of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue have been working for
the security of the region since the first appointment was declared in 2002.
UAE
newspaper Al-Ittihad
commented that China attaches high importance on the peace, security and
stability of the Middle East, and works to enhance dialogues and consultation
among each party under the premise of not interfering in their domestic
affairs, and makes efforts to resolve disputes through peaceful manners and
improve the livelihood of the people there.
World
peace won’t come until the Middle East is secure. To lift people in the Middle
East out of wars and miseries will bring welfare to the world. Each party
should make joint efforts to establish constructive platforms to offer new
ideas and explore new methods in the governance of the region.
Facts
have proved again and again that only by supporting multilateralism, opposing
unilateral acts, building consensus, taking care of each other’s concerns and
promoting inclusiveness can wrong approaches be stopped, crisis be resolved and
stable and long-term development be achieved.
(Zhong
Sheng is a pen name often used by People’s Daily to express its views on
foreign policy.)
Multilateralism needed in governance of Middle East
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