Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for strengthened cooperation among Asian nations during the seventh Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), held via video link on Tuesday. As a founding member of CICA, China remains committed to actively participating in and supporting the organization’s development.
Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, emphasized the urgent need for security, development, cooperation, and mutual benefit among countries in the region. He urged CICA to play a unique role in building an Asian community with a shared future and expanding new avenues for win-win development.
“Ensuring security, promoting development, pursuing cooperation, and seeking win-win results are the urgent aspirations of the overwhelming majority of countries,” Wang Yi stated. He called on CICA member countries to adhere to peaceful coexistence, seek common security, advance Belt and Road cooperation to promote prosperity, respect diverse civilizations, and practice multilateralism to build a harmonious regional home.
Highlighting China’s path of peaceful development, Wang Yi noted that Chinese modernization brings more opportunities to Asian countries. “China stands ready to work with CICA member states to forge a new form of Asian civilization featuring win-win development through solidarity and coordination,” he said.
The meeting also featured remarks from Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Murat Nurtleu, who reflected on Kazakhstan’s accomplishments over the past two years as CICA’s rotating chair. Jeyhun Bayramov, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister and the new chair of CICA, outlined key considerations for the organization’s next steps.
All parties agreed on the importance of unity and mutual trust among CICA member states. They emphasized the need to deepen strategic coordination, strengthen and improve the CICA mechanism, and expand the organization’s influence. The participants expressed a commitment to work together with the Global South to address global challenges, explore ways to better synergize the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Security Initiative, promote regional connectivity, and enhance mutual understanding among countries.
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