MOSCOW, October 26. /TASS/. Some countries don’t want to see China and Russia develop, which requires Beijing and Moscow to work hard to implement their strategic consensus, China’s Charge d'Affaires to Russia Sun Weidong said at a conference on Russian-Chinese relations hosted by the Economist House on Wednesday.
"The world is changing and times are changing, too. The haze of the global coronavirus pandemic has not yet dissipated but the global powers have stepped up the game. The process of economic globalization has been hampered. Trends such as populism and extremism have grown, while there is a lack of global development. We are also facing a lack of trust and management, which is becoming more and more serious," the diplomat pointed out.
"Certain countries don’t want to see China and Russia develop and rise. They keep finding various ways to isolate and separate our countries. This requires us to work hard to implement a strategic consensus outlined by the two countries’ leaders and turn the enormous benefits of our relations into practical results of cooperation," he added.
The Chinese charge d’affaires to Russia emphasized the need for both countries to show resolve to defend their principles in the face of a global transformation of the world order and "malicious provocations." "China and Russia should deepen strategic cooperation and strengthen mutual political trust. "We should continue creating a political basis for boosting relations between our countries. Our heads of state need to closely interact through various channels for institutional dialogue, taking advantage of regular meetings between our countries’ prime ministers and lawmakers, and cooperate on a regional level. In addition, all consultations on strategic stability [are important]. We should accumulate experience in this field, exchanging information on issues that are of mutual interest and can help enhance mutual understanding," he added.
Another crucial goal, in his words, is to have the courage to resolve the complicated issues that are currently affecting bilateral cooperation, impeding the establishment of an effective mechanism of financial transactions, expand the use of national currencies for payments and unblock production chains and logistics routes.
"In the long term, China and Russia should work together to tear down the unjust and unreasonable rules formulated by the West to maintain its economic hegemony, so that we can support real multilateralism in international relations, continue to promote fair, just and reasonable globalization and actively participate in reforming global governance," Sun Weidong stressed.