Beijing: Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun expressed hope that US President Joe Biden will turn his statement into action that the US has no intention of starting a new cold war with China. “We all expect the United States to completely abandon its Cold War mentality,” Zhang told a digital news conference on Tuesday after the annual meeting of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly that ended on Monday. Will convert words into deeds.
He said I think that if both sides move towards each other, then they will be able to see a healthy and stable relationship between China and America. Otherwise, concerns will remain. Zhang described China-US relations as extremely important. He said that China is the largest developing country and America is the largest developed country and both these countries are the world’s largest economies and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. He said that good relations between China and America will benefit the world and “in the event of a conflict between China and America, it will also suffer”.
No conflict no conflict
Zhang said Beijing has always called for relations between the two countries to be based on “no conflict, no conflict, mutual respect and cooperation” as well as equality. He said that although China is willing to cooperate with the US, “we also have to firmly defend our sovereignty, our security, and our development”.
Amid rising tensions with the US, Chinese President Xi Jinping told world leaders at the United Nations that disputes between countries “need to be resolved through dialogue and cooperation”. It does not mean the failure of another country. The world is big enough to accommodate the common development and progress of all countries.
What statement did Biden make?
Hours before Xi’s remarks, US President Joe Biden said he had no intention of starting “a new Cold War”. At the same time, UN chief Antonia Guterres had earlier said that both Washington and Beijing need to ensure that their differences and tensions do not derail their 42-year-old relationship.
Guterres, while alerting to the fears of a new Cold War, urged China and America to fix their relations before the problems between these two big and influential countries affect other countries of the world as well.
