Abstract: Participants believe that the reform of the multilateral system should make global governance more inclusive and representative.
According to a report from Taiwan’s “Central News Agency” in Beijing on June 2, Europe and the United States have recently pointed the origin of the new crown virus at Chinese laboratories, rather than natural sources. State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi criticized on June 1 that this was a “Western power’s political self-interest” approach, which is bound to undermine international anti-epidemic cooperation and must be resisted.
According to a press release published on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi made the above remarks when attending a video meeting of the foreign ministers of the BRICS countries in Guiyang.
Wang Yi said that in recent days, some Western powers “are trying to re-hype the politicization of the epidemic, labeling the virus, and stigmatizing specific countries out of political self-interest.”
He said that such an approach challenges the human conscience and ignores the conclusions of scientists, and is bound to undermine the hard-won international anti-epidemic cooperation. The BRICS and other countries should jointly resist this countercurrent.
Wang Yi also said that the “rising from the south to the north” of the global epidemic has something to do with the stockpiling of vaccines and export control in a few developed countries. “China has provided more than 350 million doses of vaccines to the international community. This is in stark contrast to the’domestic first’ practice of Western countries.”
He also pointed out that multilateralism constitutes an important cornerstone of the current international system. At present, this cornerstone is being eroded. “Such as’national priority multilateralism’,’club-style multilateralism’,’selective multilateralism,’ etc. are engaged in unilateral actions under the guise of multilateralism, and even under the pretext of multilateralism. real”.
According to a report from the TASS news agency in Moscow on June 1, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov stated at a press conference after the BRICS foreign ministers’ video meeting on June 1 that Western countries are attempting to politicize the issue of the traceability of the new crown virus, and the issue must be in the world. Discussion within the framework of the WHO.
Lavrov said: “If someone has other views on the traceability of the new crown virus, they need to be discussed with all other countries within the framework of the World Health Organization. Of course, there are also attempts to politicize the current situation.”
The report quoted Lavrov as saying: “Politicians should not use the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the various vaccines that are being certified by the WHO to add points and improve their reputation. We obviously need to unite to fight a truly global disaster. Instead of focusing on finding sinners.”
The Russian Foreign Minister also emphasized that the BRICS countries support the WHO in playing a central role in the field of international health cooperation.
In addition, according to a report from AFP New Delhi on June 1, the world’s five largest emerging economies called for speeding up the development and delivery of the new crown vaccine on Tuesday, local time.
The foreign ministers of the BRICS countries said that “mass immunization” will help end the epidemic, and emphasized the “urgency of developing and distributing the new crown vaccine as soon as possible, especially for developing countries”.
According to the report, they also expressed their support for the global campaign led by South Africa and India to temporarily abandon intellectual property rights for the new crown vaccine led by the World Trade Organization.
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