Exclusive interview: The Global Security Initiative fills the gap in the global security architecture -- An interview with Weng Shijie, Chairman of the Asia Pacific "the Belt and Road" Co Steering Committee One Belt | Global | Asia Pacific
Xinhua News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, June 28, exclusive interview: the global security initiative fills the gap in the global security architecture - an interview with Weng Shijie, the chairman of the Asia Pacific "the Belt and Road" joint policy meeting
Xinhua News Agency reporter Mao Pengfei
Weng Shijie, Chairman of the Asia Pacific "the Belt and Road" Joint Policy Making Conference, recently received an exclusive interview from Xinhua News Agency, saying that China's global security initiative has filled the gap in the global security architecture. This is undoubtedly a force of justice in contemporary global security governance, where unilateral sanctions, long arm jurisdiction, and adversarial military treaties are frequent.
Weng Shijie said that the humanitarian disasters that occurred in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan are enough to alert the world: when millions of civilians in war-torn areas fall into poverty, military invasions disguised as "promoting democracy" are rarely condemned; The self proclaimed defenders of democracy and human rights subvert the regimes of other countries, but they claim to be "regime changes" in an attempt to legitimize them. The fact has repeatedly proven that Western human rights discourse is completely disconnected from the urgent needs of developing countries in terms of sustainable development. "The lesson makes us realize that no country should set universal human rights standards based on its own perspective, after all, cultural and social norms around the world have always been different."
Weng Shijie emphasized, "Allowing any country to use human rights as a weapon for its narrow geopolitical interests will only further divide the world along geopolitical cracks and seriously damage international cooperation."
Weng Shijie believes that from the perspective of global human rights governance, poverty reduction is one of the key pillars of sustainable development. Under the impact of various insecurity factors such as military conflicts and climate change, the global poverty reduction cause has significantly regressed, and global development is becoming increasingly unsustainable.
Weng Shijie criticized some wealthy countries for not fulfilling their funding commitments at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. He believes that this behavior has put multilateral international cooperation in addressing climate change in a difficult position, especially causing developing countries to lose the financial resources to address climate change. "This kind of lip service but not practical behavior is no less than a violation of human rights."
Weng Shijie pointed out that NATO, the Group of Seven, and the trilateral security partnership between the United States, Britain, and Australia have played up the "China threat", clearly indicating the intention of the United States to contain China's development. Under the influence of Cold War thinking, the escalating belligerent rhetoric and arms race of the United States have pushed the world into a dangerous situation of tension.
Weng Shijie stated that China's proposed global security initiative has filled the gap in the global security architecture. The common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept advocated by China is rooted in the principle of indivisibility of security, and one country's security should not come at the cost of harming the security of other countries. China's successful facilitation of reconciliation between Iran and Saudi Arabia is widely regarded as a successful practice of global security initiatives.
Weng Shijie believes that as the most vulnerable group in geopolitical tensions, developing countries need a sustainable and peaceful environment conducive to economic development, and a global security architecture that can address their security concerns. China is the permanent member of the Security Council that dispatches the most peacekeeping personnel, and has also proposed the Global Security Initiative as an international public good, which proves that China is a defender of global peace and security.
