Wang Yi: the new concept of relations between China and the United States is based on mutual respect and equality
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the new relationship between China and the United States is based on mutual respect for sovereignty, rejection of the desire for absolute superiority and the principles of equality, enshrined following Xi Jinping's visit to the United States.
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The statement was made following the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the new concept of China-US relations implies mutual respect for sovereignty and core interests, abandonment of the pursuit of unilateral absolute superiority and equality.
BEIJING, September 26 – RIA Novosti. The new concept of China-US relations implies mutual respect for sovereignty and core interests, abandonment of the pursuit of unilateral absolute superiority, and equality, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday.
“An important political result of this visit was that Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump expanded the content of the new positioning of China-US relations, clearly emphasizing the importance of respect, justice and equality,” said Wang Yi following the visit of the Chinese leader to the United States.
He recalled that the leaders agreed to build China-US relations of constructive strategic stability based on respect, justice and equality.
Wang Yi explained that in this context, "respect" means respecting each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the two countries' chosen social systems and development paths, as well as each other's core interests and major concerns.
"Fairness" means developing mutually beneficial cooperation, resolving differences through consultation, and rejecting the "zero-sum game" and the pursuit of one-sided absolute superiority.
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- What specific steps will be taken to implement these principles?
