China, Russia issue joint statement on new world order



China and Russia here Friday issued a joint statement on a new world
order in the 21st century, setting forth their common stand on major
international issues, such as UN reforms, globalization, North-South
cooperation, and world economy and trade.

The statement was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and
visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao after their talks.

During their talks, the two leaders discussed ways to further enhance
the strategic and cooperative partnership between China and Russia,
and exchanged views on major regional and international issues.

The joint statement said the two countries are determined to
strengthen their strategic coordination in international affairs and
promote peace, stability and prosperity of the world.

UN REFORMS

The joint statement says that UN reforms should be aimed at
strengthening the world body's leading role in international affairs,
improving its efficiency and increasing its potential for dealing with
new challenges and threats.

UN reforms should be based on consensus through consultations, and
should fully embody the common interests of the vast number of member
countries.

The United Nations is the world's most comprehensive, representative
and authoritative organization, and both its role and function are
irreplaceable, said the joint statement on a new world order in the
21st century.

The United Nations should play a leading role in global affairs and be
the core for establishing and executing basic norms of international
law, the statement added.

The statement calls for UN peacekeeping operations to be carried out
in accordance with the tenets and principles of the UN charter.

Resolutions of the UN Security Council must be strictly abided by.
Cooperation between the UN on the one hand and regional and
subregional organizations on the other should be developed, according
to the joint statement.

The joint statement also calls on the world body to play a bigger role
in the study of global economic and development problems.

MULTILATERALISM

The joint statement says that countries must be allowed to decide
autonomously on their internal affairs while international issues
should be solved through dialogue and consultations on the basis of
multilateralism.

The international community should completely renounce the mentality
of confrontation and alliance; there should be no pursuit of monopoly
or domination of world affairs; and countries of the world should not
be divided into a leading camp and a subordinate camp, said the joint
statement.

Every country must be assured of the right to choose its own path of
development that fits its national realities, the right to participate
in international affairs as an equal, and the right to development on
an equal footing, it says.

Differences and disputes must be solved through peaceful means rather
than through unilateralism or coercion. There should be no use or
threatened use of force, says the joint statement.

Only on the basis of universally recognized tenents and norms of
international law, and under an impartial and rational world order,
can problems facing mankind be solved, says the document.

All countries should strictly observe the principles of mutual respect
for each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual
non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs,
equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence, it says.

The joint statement believes that the world is undergoing a historic
change. The establishment of a new world order will be a long and
complicated process, it says.

The central task of mankind in the 21st century is to safeguard peace,
stability and security for the whole mankind, and to realize
full-scale coordinated development on the basis of equality,
maintenance of sovereignty, mutual respect, mutual benefit and
ensurance of good development prospects for future generations.

Hu arrived here on Thursday for a state visit. He will also visit
Kazakhstan and Britain, where he will attend the G8 plus five summit.

NEW SECURITY FRAMEWORK

The joint statement calls on the international community to establish
a new security framework on the basis of mutual trust, mutual benefit,
equality and cooperation.

The framework should have the universally recognized norms of
international relations as its political foundation, and mutually
beneficial cooperation and common prosperity as its economic
foundation, says the joint statement.

The establishment of this framework should be based on the equal
security rights of all nations while dialogue, consultation and
negotiation on an equal footing should be the means for settling
conflicts and maintaining peace, the joint statement says.

China and Russia support efforts to maintain global strategic
stability, and the multilateral process of establishing legal systems
on arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation, it says.

The two sides will work together to put the Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty into effect as soon as possible and to push for the
universality and effectiveness of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons (INT), the Biological Weapons Convention and the
Convention on the Banning of Chemical Weapons ( CWC).

They also call for the peaceful use of outer space, and voice
opposition to weapons deployment and arm races in outer space. They
push for relevant international legislation to this end.

The two leaders believe that in face of new threats and challenges,
further effective measures should be taken to prevent the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) as well as their
carriers and relevant materials, according to the joint statement.

The joint statement says the two sides have decided to cooperate more
closely in related international organizations and forums and expand
cooperation with other like-minded countries. The issue of
proliferation of WMDs should be resolved through political, diplomatic
and international cooperation within the framework of international
law, says the joint statement.

The two sides think that a UN-led global system should be set up to
deal with new threats and challenges on the basis of the UN Charter
and international law, it says.

The joint statement says regional integration is an important
character in the development of the current international situation.

Open, non-exclusive regional organizations are playing a positive role
in shaping a new world order.

The two countries appeal for the promotion of further economic
cooperation in regional integration and for the establishment of
security cooperation mechanisms.

They also voice support for regional organizations to set up ties with
each other and produce an atmosphere of mutual trust and cooperation,
the joint statement says.

ATTENTION TO GAP OF DISPARITY

All countries should have an equal opportunity to enjoy the profits of
globalization in such fields as economy, society, science, technology,
information and culture, said the joint statement, calling for
mutually beneficial cooperation and common development.

Developed countries and developing ones should make efforts to
eliminate discrimination in economic relations, and narrow the gap of
disparity between the rich and the poor, says the joint statement.

The international community should formulate a comprehensive economic
and trade regime acceptable to all, through negotiation on an equal
footing. Pressure and sanctions should not be used to force a country
into unilaterally making economic concessions, it says.

It also calls for respect for the history and traditions of those
countries with diverse ethnic groups and their efforts to maintain
national unity. Attempts to encourage secession or incite ethnic
hatred within a country should not be accepted.

Diversity in cultures and civilizations should not be the source of
conflict, but rather resources from which all countries can learn.

Different historic backgrounds, cultures, social and political
systems, values and modes of development should not be used as pretext
for interference in other countries' internal affairs, says the
document.

The Chinese president arrived in Moscow Thursday for a state visit,
the first leg of his three-nation tour, which will also take him to
Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom.

In Kazakhstan, he will attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization
summit. Then he will fly to Scotland for an informal meeting between
leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized countries and five
developing nations -- China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Mexico.

Source: Xinhua

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China, Russia issue joint statement on new world order

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