Bringing China-U.S. Ties Back to Right Track Calls for Mutual Respect: Chinese FM

Bringing China-U.S. ties back to the right track calls for mutual respect of both countries, and no interference in each other’s internal affairs, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.
Wang emphasized mutual respect in China-U.S. relations when delivering a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum in Beijing, with the theme of “Promoting Dialogue and Cooperation and Managing Differences: Bringing China-U.S. Relations Back to the Right Track.”
Wang said that 50 years ago, Dr. Henry Kissinger made the ice- breaking visit to China, and with extraordinary political resolve, leaders of China and the United States jointly reopened the door of interaction which had been closed for decades. Fifty-years later, Wang said, both countries should make once again sensible and right decisions and have a sense of responsibility for the two countries and the world so as to bring bilateral relations back to the right track.
“China believes that first of all, the two sides should respect each other and refrain from interfering in each other’s internal affairs. This is a basic norm governing international relations. For major countries like China and the United States, there is a greater need to respect each other, rather than being fixated on remodeling, suppressing or even defeating the other. Such attempts have not succeeded, and never will. They will only cause unnecessary problems and even conflicts,” said Wang.
Wang added that China and the United States should not interfere in each other’s internal affairs. Only with true mutual respect can China-U.S. relations achieve steady improvement and growth in the long run.
“Since the establishment of diplomatic ties, China has all along respected the choices made by the American people, welcomed the strong growth momentum of the United States, and never interfered in its internal affairs. We have no intention to challenge or replace the United States. We are ready to have peaceful coexistence and seek common development with the United States. Likewise, we hope the United States will respect China’s core interests, national dignity, and rights to development. We urge the United States to stop smearing the Communist Party of China and China’s political system, stop conniving at or even supporting the erroneous words and actions of separatist forces for ‘Taiwan independence’, and stop undermining China’s sovereignty and security on internal affairs concerning Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet. Only with true mutual respect can China-U.S. relations achieve steady improvement and growth in the long run,” said Wang.(CCTVPlus)