Wang Yi Strongly Condemns the US at ASEAN and EAS Foreign Ministers' Meetings

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[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Jo Young-shin] Wang Yi (王毅), China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister in charge of diplomacy, attended the 'China-ASEAN (ASEAN + Korea, China, Japan) Foreign Ministers' Meeting' and the 'East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers' Meeting,' where he expressed grievances against the United States.

According to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 10th, Wang Yi stated at the previous day's China-ASEAN virtual foreign ministers' meeting that "the United States completely denies its China policy and exaggerates China as an adversary," adding, "The U.S. continuously pressures China and tries to block China's development, causing China-U.S. relations to keep deteriorating."

Wang said, "The conflicts and contradictions between China and the U.S. do not stem from power struggles or social system competition but from the stance on multilateralism versus unilateralism, cooperation and common prosperity versus zero-sum thinking," warning that "using one's exclusive position to seize and suppress other countries' development achievements will not work."

He emphasized, "China has no ambition for hegemony and even less intention to replace the United States," adding, "China will firmly safeguard its sovereignty, security, and development interests."

He continued his candid remarks at the EAS foreign ministers' meeting. Wang criticized, "The United States is strengthening its military power, including direct involvement in maritime disputes according to its political needs, and is pushing forward the militarization of the South China Sea."

He said, "The U.S. interferes with the efforts of China and ASEAN countries to resolve the South China Sea issue through negotiations and stirs up confrontation, becoming the greatest risk factor to peace in the South China Sea," adding, "The South China Sea should not become a stage for power games, and the U.S. is expected to respect this."

Regarding the Hong Kong issue, he stated, "The East Asia Summit is a strategic forum and should not be a place for interfering in other countries' internal affairs or attacking their political systems."

He added, "The Hong Kong issue is China's internal affair, and there should be no interference under international law; all countries have an obligation to comply with this," further noting, "The support of the people for the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government is the highest among all countries worldwide."

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