Beijing, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday highlighted the relevance of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, which gained strength with the Non-Aligned Movement, in ending current conflicts and sought to expand influence in the Global South in middle of his struggle with the West.
Xi, 71, invoked the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, called Panchsheel by India, at a conference here to mark his 70th anniversary and also sought to juxtapose them with his new concept of the Global Security Initiative that envisions a shared future for humanity. .
The Panchsheel directions were first formally enunciated in the Agreement on Trade and Exchange between the Tibet region of China and India signed on April 29, 1954, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
The five principles were part of the legacy of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Chinese counterpart Zhou Enlai in their unsuccessful search for a solution to the controversial border issue.
“The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence responded to the call of the times, and their beginning was an inevitable historical development. In the past, Chinese leaders specified the Five Principles in full for the first time, namely "mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity", "mutual non-aggression", "mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs". ", 'equality and mutual benefit' and 'peaceful coexistence,'" Xi said.
"They included the Five Principles in the China-India and China-Myanmar joint statements that they jointly called for them to become basic norms for state-to-state relations," Xi said at the conference where guests included former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and several political leaders and officials from various countries closely associated with China over the years.
The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence were born in Asia but quickly ascended to the world stage. In 1955, more than 20 Asian and African countries attended the Bandung Conference, Xi recalled in his speech.
The Non-Aligned Movement that emerged in the 1960s adopted the Five Principles as guiding principles, he said.
“The Five Principles have established a historic benchmark for international relations and the international rule of law,” he said, highlighting their relevance to ending current conflicts.
They fully conform to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, the changing trend of international relations of our times and the fundamental interests of all nations, Xi said, seeking to juxtapose them with his new concepts of the Global Security Initiative. (GSI). ) which advocates for the joint security of nations and the 'Vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity'.
Xi, who began his unprecedented third five-year term in power last year, has been championing several initiatives, including his pet billion-dollar project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to improve the China's global influence.
Under the BRI, Beijing has made huge investments in infrastructure projects in smaller countries that in subsequent years sparked accusations of debt diplomacy as many countries struggled to repay loans taken from China.
Furthermore, facing increasing strategic competition from the United States and the EU, China has in recent years jostled with India and other developing countries to consolidate its influence in Asian, African and Latin American countries, in largely referred to as the Global South.
China will establish a Global South Research Center to better support Global South-South cooperation, Xi said.
China will provide 1,000 'Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Excellence Scholarships', 100,000 training opportunities to countries in the Global South in the next five years and will also launch a 'Global South Youth Leaders' programme, he said.
Xi, 71, invoked the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, called Panchsheel by India, at a conference here to mark his 70th anniversary and also sought to juxtapose them with his new concept of the Global Security Initiative that envisions a shared future for humanity. .
The Panchsheel directions were first formally enunciated in the Agreement on Trade and Exchange between the Tibet region of China and India signed on April 29, 1954, according to the Ministry of External Affairs.
The five principles were part of the legacy of then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his Chinese counterpart Zhou Enlai in their unsuccessful search for a solution to the controversial border issue.
“The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence responded to the call of the times, and their beginning was an inevitable historical development. In the past, Chinese leaders specified the Five Principles in full for the first time, namely "mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity", "mutual non-aggression", "mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs". ", 'equality and mutual benefit' and 'peaceful coexistence,'" Xi said.
"They included the Five Principles in the China-India and China-Myanmar joint statements that they jointly called for them to become basic norms for state-to-state relations," Xi said at the conference where guests included former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa and several political leaders and officials from various countries closely associated with China over the years.
The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence were born in Asia but quickly ascended to the world stage. In 1955, more than 20 Asian and African countries attended the Bandung Conference, Xi recalled in his speech.
The Non-Aligned Movement that emerged in the 1960s adopted the Five Principles as guiding principles, he said.
“The Five Principles have established a historic benchmark for international relations and the international rule of law,” he said, highlighting their relevance to ending current conflicts.
They fully conform to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, the changing trend of international relations of our times and the fundamental interests of all nations, Xi said, seeking to juxtapose them with his new concepts of the Global Security Initiative. (GSI). ) which advocates for the joint security of nations and the 'Vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity'.
Xi, who began his unprecedented third five-year term in power last year, has been championing several initiatives, including his pet billion-dollar project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to improve the China's global influence.
Under the BRI, Beijing has made huge investments in infrastructure projects in smaller countries that in subsequent years sparked accusations of debt diplomacy as many countries struggled to repay loans taken from China.
Furthermore, facing increasing strategic competition from the United States and the EU, China has in recent years jostled with India and other developing countries to consolidate its influence in Asian, African and Latin American countries, in largely referred to as the Global South.
China will establish a Global South Research Center to better support Global South-South cooperation, Xi said.
China will provide 1,000 'Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Excellence Scholarships', 100,000 training opportunities to countries in the Global South in the next five years and will also launch a 'Global South Youth Leaders' programme, he said.
