Li Xi, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), met with some high-level representatives attending the plenary meeting of the Global Operational Network of Anti-Corruption Law Enforcement Authorities (the GlobE Network) in Beijing on Wednesday, saying China is willing to work with other countries to jointly combat cross-border corruption.
Li, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said China's unprecedented anti-corruption campaign since the 18th CPC National Congress has achieved overwhelming victory and been comprehensively consolidated.
He said China attaches great importance to international cooperation against corruption, earnestly implements the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and its anti-corruption proposals have contributed to global governance against corruption.
China is ready to work with other countries to uphold the values of fairness and justice, strengthen the international consensus on joint anti-corruption efforts, implement the principle of equality and inclusiveness, and jointly combat cross-border corruption, Li said.
Established in 2021, the GlobE Network is the world's most represented platform for anti-corruption law enforcement cooperation. Its plenary meeting is held in Beijing from Tuesday to Friday.
China willing to work with other countries to combat cross-border corruption: anti-graft chief
The Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, the country's parliament, will hold a vote on May 8 to ratify a natural resources agreement signed with the United States earlier this week.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Wednesday an agreement between the two countries to establish the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund, which will give the U.S. preferential access to some of Ukraine's natural resources.
The fund will become operational within a month to a month and a half after the agreement is approved by the Ukrainian parliament, according to Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko on Friday.
Speaking to Ukrainian media, the minister expressed her hope for the early launch of the fund, saying it should become a tool for the recovery and development of key sectors of the Ukrainian economy.
Also on Friday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that the follow-up technical documents for the fund will not be intergovernmental, but will be signed at the institutional level.
He said that the follow-up agreements will be of an implementation nature between Ukraine's designated agency and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), and therefore will not require ratification by the parliament.
Although there are no formal security guarantees in the agreement, but each new military assistance provided by the U.S. to Ukraine is considered a capital contribution, which will encourage the U.S. administration to continue and not to stop supplying Ukraine with weapons and intelligence, said the Ukrainian Prime Minister, who also called on the legislature to ratify the agreement as soon as possible.
Ukrainian parliament to vote on natural resources deal with U.S. on May 8
