Wangyi was interviewed by the central media on his trip to Southeast Asia
2022-07-15
On July 14, 2022, State Councilor and foreign minister Wangyi was interviewed by the central media after attending the seventh Lancang Mekong cooperation foreign ministers' meeting and the G20 foreign ministers' meeting, visiting five Southeast Asian countries and hosting the bilateral mechanism meeting with Vietnam and Cambodia in Nanning, Guangxi. The full text is as follows: 1、 At present, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, and the risks and challenges faced by the region are also rising. In this context, what are the main considerations and achievements of this trip to Southeast Asia? A: Southeast Asia has always been the priority direction of China's Peripheral Diplomacy. In the past two years, in the face of changes in the past century and the epidemic in the 21st century, China and Southeast Asian countries have faced difficulties and overcome difficulties together, and have made the region a model for anti epidemic cooperation, a highland for recovery and development, and an oasis of peace and tranquility. The results are obvious to all. At present, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. It is necessary for countries in the region to strengthen strategic coordination, enhance unity and cooperation, stand firmly in the midst of changes and chaos, take the right course, regroup, and work together to maintain the hard won stable development situation. This trip visited five Southeast Asian countries, attended the Lancang Mekong cooperation and the G20 foreign ministers' meetings, delivered a policy speech at the ASEAN Secretariat, held regular meetings of the intergovernmental cooperation committee with Vietnam and Cambodia respectively in China, and held more than 60 activities, closely following the two main lines of peace and development, focused on major bilateral and multilateral issues, and consolidated China's bilateral relations with neighboring countries, China's voice on regional cooperation and global governance. First, new progress has been made in the construction of a community with a shared future around it. China and Southeast Asian countries are linked by mountains and rivers, with integrated interests and shared ideas. All countries have confidence in China's development prospects, expect China to play a "main engine" and "stabilizer" role for regional recovery, and are willing to consolidate traditional friendship and deepen all-round cooperation with China. During this visit, China and the five Mekong countries agreed to build a closer community of shared future for the Lancang Mekong countries; Clarify the general direction of jointly building a community of shared future with Indonesia, and create a model of mutual benefit and win-win for large developing countries, a model of common development, and a pioneer of South South cooperation; For the first time, they reached an agreement with Thailand and Malaysia on the vision and objectives of building a community of shared future; Reached a consensus with the Philippines on building good neighbors who help each other, good relatives who are close to each other, and good partners for win-win cooperation, and agreed to transcend maritime disputes and create a new "golden age" for China Philippines relations. China and Cambodia agreed to renew the new five-year plan for building a community of shared future with Vietnam and Cambodia. The relationship between China and its neighboring countries is injecting new era connotation. Second, the development of regional connectivity presents new highlights. China and the five Mekong countries agreed to build a stronger economic development belt in the Lancang Mekong River Basin. China, Laos and Thailand will take the opening of the China Laos railway as an opportunity to promote logistics, logistics and trade, and trade and industry, running north and south, connecting Europe and Asia, and promoting the development concept of China Laos Thailand connectivity. China and Malaysia discuss the prospect of opening up the middle line of the Pan Asian Railway, plan to connect the China Laos and China Thailand railways, and accelerate the process of regional integration. Focusing on the governance direction of the new Philippine government, China and the Philippines plan to promote cooperation in the four key areas of "big agriculture, big infrastructure, big energy and big humanities", and draw the blueprint of friendly cooperation to the end. In addition, China, together with Indonesia and Malaysia, will build high-quality yavan high-speed railway, "regional comprehensive economic corridor" and East Coast Railway, and agree to build the "two countries, two parks" into a pilot area for economic and trade innovation and a demonstration area for production capacity cooperation under the "the Belt and Road", so as to create a new growth point of green development and digital economy and ensure the stable operation of the production and supply chain. Third, regional and international cooperation has shown a new atmosphere. After China successfully hosted the BRICs summit, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand will also host multilateral mechanism meetings this year. All countries in the region hope to jointly safeguard peace, strengthen unity and cooperation, and brighten the "Asian moment" of global governance. The Lancang Mekong cooperation foreign ministers' meeting agreed to build a "golden model" of regional cooperation in accordance with the Lancang Mekong spirit of "development first, equal consultation, pragmatism, efficiency, openness and inclusiveness". Adhering to the theme of "common recovery, strong recovery", the G20 foreign ministers' meeting issued an "Asian voice" on cooperation to address energy and food security issues and further improve global governance. China and Thailand agreed to promote the APEC leaders' meeting to focus on the Asia Pacific, development and the construction of the free trade area, and make joint efforts to realize the Putrajaya vision from Bangkok. 2、 In recent years, Lancang Mekong cooperation has achieved rapid development, catching up with many cooperation mechanisms in the Mekong subregion. What is China's consideration of the future development direction of the mechanism? A: Lancang Mekong cooperation is a cause jointly initiated and promoted by the six countries. It adheres to seeking development, benefiting people's livelihood and focusing on action, and has made positive contributions to promoting regional prosperity and revitalization. Especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19, the six countries have jointly built an "immune shield", a "development engine", a "friendship bridge" and a "happy home". China has provided more than 200million doses of vaccine to Mekong countries. The bilateral trade volume reached US $398billion in 2021, with a year-on-year increase of 23%. Lancang Mekong cooperation shows strong vitality. At this meeting, the foreign ministers of the six countries discussed and planned the six major directions of Lancang Mekong cooperation in the next stage, reviewed and issued six outcome documents, and China proposed six major measures to benefit the Mekong River, making preparations for the leaders' meeting in the second half of the year. The foreign ministers of the six countries agreed that in the face of global turbulence, Lancang Mekong cooperation should be positive, innovative, qualitative and upgraded, bring more benefits to the people of the six countries, and set more examples for regional cooperation. First, build a high-quality demonstration area for jointly building the "the Belt and Road". Mekong countries are located at the junction of the "belt and road" and complement China in infrastructure, industrialization, agricultural modernization and other aspects. We should speed up the release of the benefits of the opening of the China Laos railway, deepen the cooperation on the "new land and sea channel", implement the regional comprehensive economic partnership agreement at a high level, jointly safeguard the security of regional food, energy, finance and production and supply chains, and create a model of subregional cooperation. The second is to create a pilot area for global development initiatives. The starting point of Lancang Mekong cooperation is to promote development, improve people's livelihood and accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development, which is completely consistent with the concept of the global development initiative. China has put forward more than 30 implementation measures on the global development initiative, and the Mekong countries, as close neighbors, will take the lead in benefiting. We will vigorously carry out cooperation in agriculture, water resources, public health, digital innovation, social and cultural fields, and set a model for developing countries to work together for common development. The third is to build a global security initiative experimental area. Traditional and non-traditional threats are intertwined and superimposed in the Mekong subregion, and the security situation is complex and severe. As the foreign ministers of Mekong countries said, without a peaceful and stable regional environment, it is impossible to achieve real development. Since the launch of the Lancang Mekong mechanism, political and security cooperation has been one of the three pillars. It is necessary for the six countries to jointly implement the global security initiative. We should adhere to the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, maintain regional peace and stability, and accumulate valuable experience for implementing global security initiatives in regional mechanisms. China will work with the five Mekong countries to promote the construction of the "three regions" and build a closer community of shared future for the Lancang Mekong countries. 3、 Under the current situation that the world economic recovery is facing severe challenges, what role should the G20 play? A: This is the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 that G20 foreign ministers have sat under the same roof. The smooth convening of the meeting itself is of positive significance, showing the willingness of all parties to strengthen dialogue and cooperation and build a good G20 mechanism. It is widely believed that multilateralism is the only solution to the current global challenges, and disputes should be resolved through dialogue and negotiation to jointly create an environment for peaceful development. All parties support the G20 to strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination, help developing countries overcome current difficulties and play a leading role in addressing health, food, energy, climate and other challenges. At the meeting, China clearly and forcefully expounded its views on multilateralism and G20 cooperation. We believe that unity should prevail over differences and cooperation should replace confrontation; We should work together to maintain the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain and create an open, transparent and non discriminatory international trade environment; We should pay attention to listening to the voices of developing countries, make development a priority area of cooperation, and accelerate the implementation of the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable development. China has also put forward the International Food Security Cooperation Initiative, and contributed to China's plan in terms of strengthening international food and agriculture governance, unblocking the supply chain of agricultural products, easing the tension between supply and demand in the market, supporting agricultural science and technology cooperation, and helping developing countries. At present, the COVID-19 continues to delay, and the world economic recovery is weak. As a major international economic forum, the G20 bears great responsibility, is indispensable, and cannot be destroyed. The foreign ministers' meeting once again proved that in important multilateral cooperation mechanisms, encouraging division and mutual accusation can not solve the problem, and dialogue and consultation are the right way to overcome difficulties. China appreciates Indonesia's leadership and is willing to continue to fully support and cooperate with the Indonesian presidency. 4、 The foreign ministers of China and Russia held a successful meeting during the G20 foreign ministers' meeting. How to evaluate the current Sino Russian relations? As important neighbors and comprehensive strategic partners of coordination, it is necessary for us to eliminate interference, maintain concentration, orderly promote cooperation in various fields, and effectively safeguard the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples. As important members of multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the G20, the BRICs countries and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China and Russia need to maintain communication and coordination, enhance the consensus of the international community and promote the cause of global development. We firmly believe that China Russia relations can withstand the test of any international situation and continue to maintain the right direction. What China and Russia are committed to building a new type of major country relationship is based on the principles of non alignment, non confrontation and non targeting at third parties. The distortion and defamation of the normal exchanges between China and Russia by the United States are groundless and have ulterior motives. In the face of the Ukrainian crisis, China's position is open and aboveboard, objective and fair, consistent, and adheres to promoting peace and talks. China will continue to proceed from the merits of the issue itself, make independent judgments, support all efforts conducive to the peaceful resolution of the crisis, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of itself and the vast number of developing countries, practice the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and always stand on the side of maintaining peace and on the side of historical correctness. 5、 Australia, Canada and South Korea have just
Edit：He Chuanning Responsible editor：Su Suiyue
Source：Xinhua
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