A Chinese envoy on Tuesday urged NATO and certain countries to reflect on themselves and stop being the troublemakers who jeopardize common security at the expense of others.
During a UN Security Council open debate on multilateral cooperation in the interest of a more just, democratic, and sustainable world order, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said the international landscape is increasingly defined by bloc politics, the world economy is facing anti-globalization headwinds, and the international governance is getting ever more fragmented. Humanity is once again faced with the historical choice of where to go from here, he noted.
Addressing the "rules-based international order" advocated by some countries, Fu questioned the nature and origin of these rules.
The so-called rules-based international order advocated by some countries is really intended to create another system outside the existing system of international law and to seek legitimacy for double standards and exceptionalism, said Fu.
"I would like to emphasize that there is only one order in the world, that is the international order based on international law. There is only one set of rules, and they are the basic norms governing international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. There is no room for ambiguity on matters of principle, and the positions must be clearly staked out. It is time that those concepts that aim to confuse the public be put to rest," said Fu.
Against the backdrop of the crisis in Ukraine and the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Fu said countries are highly concerned about international common security, and many peace-loving countries and people are working tirelessly to bring peace.
However, NATO, a regional military bloc left over from the Cold War, has been seeking to expand its sphere of influence, stopping at nothing to create false narratives, pouring oil on the fire wherever they go, stirring up confrontation between camps, and even shifting the blame to countries outside the region to frame them on the issue of Ukraine. This is just the opposite of what the international community is doing in promoting peace and negotiations, said Fu.
"History has amply proved that wherever NATO's hand extends, turmoil and chaos will ensue. We urge NATO and certain countries to reflect on themselves and stop being the troublemakers who jeopardize common security at the expense of others," said Fu.
Fu also urged all countries to respond to the general trend of the collective rise of the Global South and make substantive strides in such areas as reform of the international financial architecture and artificial intelligence governance, so as to help and empower developing countries to catch up.
Some individual countries have overstretched the concept of national security by building "small yard, high fence" and indiscriminately imposed unilateral sanctions to disrupt global production and supply chains, Fu said, adding that such attempts will ultimately lead to a situation of no winners, whether bilaterally or multilaterally. Fu urged all countries to resolutely resist such erroneous practices.
Chinese envoy urges NATO to stop being common security troublemaker
