Brunei and the international community are welcome to join hands with China to promote the implementation of the Global Security Initiative (GSI), enrich the content of the initiative, and actively explore new forms and areas of cooperation, thus making greater contributions to the safeguarding of world peace as well regional and global security, said Ambassador-Designate of China to Brunei Darussalam Xiao Jianguo.
“Looking across the globe, our world has yet to achieve full peace. Various traditional and non-traditional security threats, such as geopolitical conflicts, bloc confrontation, terrorism and ecological destruction are intertwined. Intimidating the weak by using strength, power politics and hegemonic bullying acts are becoming more serious, deficits in peace, development, security and governance are growing unabated. It has become a major concern of all parties to search for the effective global security and practical world peace for the human kind,” he said.
Xiao added; “To break through the mist and embrace a bright future, the biggest strength comes from cooperation and the most effective way is through solidarity.
“At the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in April 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Security Initiative (GSI) for the first time in a loud voice, clearly answering the question of the time : What kind of security concept the world needs and how to achieve common security for all countries”, which provides an approach to addressing both symptoms and root causes of international security challenges, and contributes Chinese wisdom and solutions to global peace and security.
“The GSI stems from the historical genes of the Chinese nation that ‘peace is priceless’ and ‘all nations live in harmony’. It has become another global public good proposed by China and a vivid practice of the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind in the field of security, as more than 80 countries and regional organisations have expressed their appreciation and support.
“Recently, during the one year anniversary of the Global Security Initiative (GSI) proposed by President Xi, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially released the Global Security Initiative Concept Paper, marking an important step in promoting the GSI towards practical action. The concept paper stated that the core concepts and principles of the GSI are ‘Six Commitments’, – namely, stay committed to the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, to abiding by the purposes and principles of the United Nation Charter, to taking the legitimate security concerns of all countries seriously, to peacefully resolving differences and disputes between countries through dialogue and consultation, to maintaining security in both traditional and non-traditional domains.
“Not long ago, with the support of China, Saudi Arabia and Iran held talks in Beijing, during which the two sides agreed to resume diplomatic relations. This is a successful diplomatic practice of China’s implementation of the GSI, attracting great attention across the world.
“China and Brunei are close neighbours across the sea, trustworthy partners of common development. The two countries have set an example of harmonious coexistence between countries of different sizes“.
