Beijing-Sana
Russia and China have renewed their rejection of the illegal and unilateral measures imposed by Western countries on other countries in an effort to impose their hegemony on the world.
TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying at a joint press conference with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi today in the Chinese city of Guilin that “Russia and China reject the geopolitical games and illegal unilateral sanctions that Western countries are increasingly and frequently using, as they consider the United States’ attempts to destroy the legal structure. International reliance on political-military alliances dating back to the era of the Cold War and the creation of other closed alliances is a destructive approach.
The Russian Foreign Minister pointed out that “the entire structure of relations between Russia and the European Union and all the mechanisms that were created for many years have been destroyed due to the unilateral steps taken by Brussels against Moscow,” noting that “Russia now has no relationship with this body as an organization and has nothing but individual partners. From European countries that want to be guided by their national interests.
He added that Russia would be ready for any contacts to increase interaction and communication between the two sides in the event that Brussels showed the intention to do so and to overcome differences, adding that building relations should be on the basis of equality and seeking to achieve a balance of interests.
"At the present time, we do not see a change on the western front, while on the eastern front we have an intense agenda that becomes more diversified every year," he added, stressing that the situation in the world will not become easier in light of more and more Western attempts to impose their hegemony and ignore the objective path of history according to which a system is formed. Multipolar world, indicating that there is an urgent need to mobilize common positions to support justice and adhere to the principles of the United Nations Charter that Westerners ignore and try instead to invent their own rules to impose them on everyone.
On the relations between Russia and China, Lavrov expressed the two countries' determination to do everything in their power to ensure the preservation of bilateral relations between them and not to expose them to danger or threat from countries that are not friendly towards us, and this matter applies to issues of trade transactions, bilateral settlements and other horizons that make us stronger.
He noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping plan to adopt a joint statement marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation between the two sides.
The Russian foreign minister pointed out that Western countries are trying, without any right, to portray Beijing and Moscow as "adventures" in the field of so-called "vaccine diplomacy," and this is certainly not true.
In turn, the Chinese foreign minister announced the automatic extension of the good-neighborly treaty between the two countries for another five years, and said that this treaty “over the past twenty years has laid a solid legal basis for the sustainable development of Russian-Chinese relations and contributed to the development of bilateral relations,” expressing his confidence that the treaty will help both parties On reaching new agreements, in addition, it will be a factor in developing relations.
Wang pointed out that some Western countries are trying to criticize and discredit China through the market of untrue accusations, and they must now know that the era of interference in China's internal affairs through stories and fabricated stories or lies is over forever, stressing that these games will not stop the course. Development and development in China.