China is committed to expanding exchanges and cooperation with Pacific Island Countries and delivering more benefits to the people in the region, said Qian Bo, China's Special Envoy for Pacific Island Countries Affairs.
During an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Qian reviewed China's cooperation achievements with Pacific Island Countries, noting that China has helped the region develop economies and improve people's livelihoods.
"Pacific Island Forum (PIF) is an important inter-governmental international organization in Pacific island region. China has become the first batch of dialogue partners with PIF since 1989. For more than 30 years, the relation between China and the forum has maintained steady development. China has sent government delegations to attend the dialogue meeting of PIF for several decades, and the economic, trade and investment cooperation between the two sides has also achieve good results," said Qian.
"Since the establishment of Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF), it has been playing a positive role in promoting coordination, cooperation and development in the Pacific island region. As a founding development partner of PIDF, China pays high attention to the importance of PIDF in the region and has sent delegations to attend related meeting for many times. We are willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with the forum, and contribute together to the development and prosperity of the island region," he said.
Qian noted that China will deliver more outcomes that benefit the people in Pacific Island Countries by further expanding exchanges and cooperation.
"In recent years, China has established seven platforms of multilateral cooperation with Pacific island countries on emergency supplies, climate change, poverty reduction, agriculture cooperation, disaster prevention and police training, helping Pacific island countries to develop economy and improve livelihood through mutually beneficial cooperation. The cooperation between China and Pacific island countries is 'two-wheel driving' which goes well in both bilateral and multilateral channels. In the future, China will remain committed to expanding exchanges and cooperation in all aspects with Pacific island countries, delivering more outcomes that benefit the people, and pushing the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Pacific island countries for greater development from a new start," he said.
China committed to delivering more benefits to Pacific Island Countries: special envoy
China committed to delivering more benefits to Pacific Island Countries: special envoy
The 11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum opened in Beijing on Friday morning with hotspots around the world and security cooperation taking the center stage.
The opening ceremony was attended by more than 600 official representatives from over 100 countries and international organizations, including nearly 300 heads of official delegations and officials from various countries. The forum is held with the theme of "Promoting Peace for a shared future".
China's Defense Minister Dong Jun attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech. He first read out a congratulatory letter from President Xi Jinping to the forum. Then, he mentioned in his speech the current hot issues including the Ukrainian crisis and the ongoing Palestine-Israel conflict.
Dong said "there is no winner in a war and a conflict, and there is no way out if we just confront each other." He also stressed that promoting peace talks is the only way out, and the fundamental way out.
Two plenary sessions were held after the opening ceremony. At the first session, participants exchanged views on "security cooperation and prosperity and stability in the Asia-Pacific region", and official representatives from Vietnam, Singapore, Pakistan, Fiji, Russia and Malaysia spoke at the meeting.
The theme of the second plenary session was "multipolarization and the direction of international order", and defense ministers or military generals from six countries including Cambodia, Tanzania, Cameroon and Iran delivered speeches.
The topics all focus on security hotspots. Participants include not only developing and developed countries, but also representatives, experts and scholars from the closely-watched countries such as the United States, Russia, and Ukraine.
In interviews, many participants said that the Beijing Xiangshan Forum is committed to promoting dialog, exchanges and cooperation among defense agencies, militaries and international organizations of various countries, and is playing an active role in promoting regional security and stability and maintaining world peace and development.
The ongoing Beijing Xiangshan Forum, which runs until Saturday, will also hold eight parallel group sessions, focusing on themes such as the correct way for China and the United States to get along, European security trends and Middle East peace vision. This year, a new session on outer space security has been set up for participants to jointly discuss issues on outer space security governance.
Initiated in 2006, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum is a high-level security and defense forum in the Asia-Pacific with significant international influence.
11th Beijing Xiangshan Forum opens with focus on hotspots, security cooperation
