China: US to work together to build a better world, instead of turning Asia-Pacific into a place of conflict
According to an IRNA report from Reuters on Monday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced his country’s willingness to cooperate with the United States in the G7-led global infrastructure program and stressed that the United States welcomes the road project. he does.
The G7, which includes the world’s richest nations, the United States and its allies, launched a project in June called the Build a Better World (B3W) project to help meet the infrastructure needs of developing countries as a way to address Increase China’s influence.
“We look forward to working with the United States on the ‘Build a Better World’ project to provide quality goods to the world,” the Chinese Foreign Minister said in a video message at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Declaration, which marks the normalization of Sino-US relations. . »
The Chinese official also stressed that Beijing provided ways for the United States to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Global Development Initiative, which were requested by Chinese President Xi Jinping last September for all countries to work together for development. Stable formed, left open.
Thus, the Group 7’s “Building a Better World” (B3W) project seems to be defined as a competitive option against China’s Innovative Belt and Road Project (BRI), launched in 2013 by the President. More than 100 countries have signed agreements with China on cooperation in the Belt and Road Initiative for railways, ports, highways and other infrastructure.
Wang Yi urged Washington to work with China to build Asia-Pacific cooperation instead of turning the region into a place for confrontation and conflict.
At the end of his speech, the Chinese Foreign Minister added that the Shanghai Declaration marks the end of the separation of the two countries, which was published during his historic visit to China during the presidency of Richard Nixon, and showed that the two countries They coexist peacefully together. He also called on the United States to end its support for Taiwan.