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Sun Weidong: China emphasizes that the Asia-Pacific is a high ground for peaceful development, and calls for the establishment of a security concept of equality and cooperation

On June 9, local time on the afternoon of June 8, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong was interviewed by reporters on the spot after attending the series of senior officials' meetings on East Asia cooperation in Vientiane, Laos. Sun Weidong said that China emphasizes that the Asia-Pacific is the highland of peaceful development, supports the centrality of ASEAN, supports the promotion of regional security cooperation through ASEAN, supports the settlement of differences and disputes by peaceful means, and calls for the establishment of the security concept of equality and cooperation. China reaffirms its adherence to the principles of consensus and accommodation of the comfort of all parties, enriches cooperation topics, actively responds to emerging challenges such as cyber security, climate change, and artificial intelligence, and safeguards common security interests. < b > China clearly supports the ASEAN-centered regional security architecture, adheres to the concept of openness and win-win, takes into account the demands of all parties, accommodates the interests of all parties, and builds a balanced, effective and sustainable regional security architecture, rather than starting from scratch and engaging in closed and exclusive small circles and small groups. The meeting exchanged views on international and regional hotspot issues such as the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Ukrainian crisis, the Korean Peninsula, Myanmar, climate change, cyber security, and artificial intelligence, as well as cooperation in emerging fields. China expounded its principled position on relevant issues and sternly refuted the fallacy of the United States and the West related to China.