HE the Ambassador of China Yi Xianliang, making an elaborate presentation ‘Threats in the Coming Decades and Challenges to National Security’ during the final session at the Defence Seminar on Tuesday (1) spelt out a number of perceptions in regard to the Chinese Government’s foreign policy and its relations with countries bordering China and elsewhere.
He told the delegates that China would not have any intention of becoming an aggressor but a peace-maker since the Chinese policy would continue to be the same in the future as well since it had been the practice.
His interesting and concise presentation was based on following lines;
CONCEPTS & PRACTICES
I - Lessons from the Past
II - Path of Peaceful Development
III - Common, Comprehensive, Cooperative, Sustainable Security
IV - Win-Win Cooperation
V - Peacefully Handling Disputes with Neighboring Countries
VI - Deepen Practical Security Cooperation
VII -Active Paticipation in the UN Peace-Keeping Missions
VIII - Commitment to Enhance the Indian Ocean Security
I Security Lessons from the Past
• No forgetting disasters of wars in the last century
• Mankind facing threats and challenges
• Cooperation & common standing to handle threats and challenges
II China’s Path of Peaceful Development
• Develop peacefully and contribute to world peace through its own development.
• Mutual benefit and common development
• Build a harmonious world.
• Siopeac (scientific, independent, open, peaceful, cooperative and common ) development path
• China’s defense policy is defensive in nature
III Common, Comprehensive, Cooperative, Sustainable Security
• Common: security of each and every country must be respected and safeguarded.
• Comprehensive: both traditional and non-traditional security should be upheld in a coordinated way.
• Cooperative: security of all the countries and that of the region as a whole should be promoted by cooperation.
• Sustainable: development and security should be given equal emphasis so as to ensure a lasting security and safety of all peoples.
IV Win-Win Cooperation
• Promote win-win cooperation to meets the security and development needs of all countries
• Replace confrontation with cooperation and replace zero-sum game with mutual benefits
• Enlarge common ground while shelving differences
V Peacefully Handling Disputes
• Neighbourhood diplomacy featuring amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness.
• Delimitation of borders with 12 neighbors by negotiation and consultation.
• Peaceful treatment of maritime disputes in prioritizing maritime security and free navigation
VI Deepen Practical Security Cooperation
• Deepen pratical cooperations under the bialteral and multilteral framework.
• Conduct over 100 joint military exercises with more than 50 countries of all regions
• Provide training to tens of thousands military personnel of various kinds for more than 130 countries.
VII Major Contributor in the UN Peace-Keeping Missions
• Over 30,000 Chinese officers and soldiers in 24 UN peace-keeping missions.
• 20 task groups of 59 naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia.
• 500 military medical personnel to fight against Ebola epidemic in Africa.
• Over 2000 military rescue and relief forces to Nepal after the earthquake.
• Dozens of helicopter and the navy hospital ship Peace Ark missions.
• China’s military paid 1.4 billion RMB for relief supplies to 31 countries hit by disasters in last decade.
VIII Commitment to Enhance the Indian Ocean Security
• China does not deploy any strategic power outside of China, including India ocean.
• China Navy’s presence at Indian Ocean only for regional & UN peace missions under agreements, i.e. combating piracy
• Cooperation between China and Sri Lanka is only for the peace and development, without intention or need to target any third party.
• ReCAAP covers China, SL, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, ASEAN States, AUS, NZ, ROK,JAP, as well as US, UK,NL, NOR, DEN obligated to secure Indo-Pacific from piracy.
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