9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum opens

By Cui Can
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General Wei Fenghe, state councilor and minister of national defense of China delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the 9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum held in Beijing on Oct. 21, 2019. [Photo by Cui Can/China.org.cn]

The 9th Beijing Xiangshan Forum opened in Beijing on Monday, with over 530 defense officials and scholars from 76 official delegations gathering to discuss global security cooperation.

As a high-level security and defense forum, this year's Xiangshan Forum has the theme of "Maintaining International Order and Promoting Peace in the Asia-Pacific".

General Wei Fenghe, state councilor and minister of national defense of China delivered a speech at the opening ceremony on Oct. 21 at the Beijing International Convention Center.

He spoke highly of the achievements China had made to the cause of world peace in the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

China was willing to enhance strategic mutual trust and security cooperation with all other countries and had a strong determination to unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development and contribute to the joint efforts to build a community of shared future for mankind, he said.

The general also said that China was committed to advancing cooperation through dialogue, and promoting peace through cooperation. "Peace and development have become irreversible trends of the times, and no country should go against such trends or seek to break the international order."

He also reiterated that resolving the "Taiwan question" was China's greatest national interest, and that no force could prevent national "reunification", adding that, "Separatist activities are doomed to failure."

In June of this year, China and Russia agreed to upgrade their bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. General Wei said military cooperation was an important part for the two countries, playing an active role in international affairs and making an important contribution to maintaining world peace and stability.

Wei's remarks on China-Russia military cooperation were echoed by Sergei Shoigu, Russian defense minister, who declared: "The military cooperation between Russia and China sets a good example for global security cooperation."

He pointed out that, to counter terrorism, Russia and China had held a large-scale counter-terrorism joint exercise under the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) framework to exchange and spread the experiences with foreign partners.

The forum invited officials and scholars to discuss various topics in four plenary sessions, ranging from how to deal with major country relations and ensuring international order, security risk management in the Asia-Pacific, the interests of small- and medium-sized countries and common security, to the international arms control regime and global stability.

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