Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urges SCO to work for more ‘equal and orderly’ world
Wang hits out at ‘hegemonism’ and ‘protectionism’ at meeting of the Eurasian security bloc and urges it to ‘stick to the right path’
Wang told a meeting of foreign ministers from the Eurasian security bloc’s 10 members in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin: “Hegemonism and power politics are going against the trend of the times, protectionism is surging, and regional conflicts are emerging one after another.”
Against that backdrop, he said the bloc needed to “stick to the right path” and defend fairness and justice.
“Certain countries place their own selfish interests above the common interests of the international community, harming the shared interests of the global society,” Wang said, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.
“The SCO should … advocate for an equal and orderly multipolar world, inclusive and beneficial economic globalisation, promote the common values of all humanity, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of member states, and promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system.”
The SCO was established in 2001 by China and Russia – along with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – to ease border tensions and it has traditionally focused on battling the “three evils” of terrorism, separatism and extremism.