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  • Chinese President calls for consensus among neighboring countries of Afghanistan

    Chinese President calls for consensus among neighboring countries of Afghanistan

    President Xi Jinping Delivers Written Remarks at the Third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Among the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan

    President Xi Jinping during a March 31st address at the third Foreign Ministers’ Meeting among the Neighboring Countries of Afghanistan pointed out that having gone through so much in the past, Afghanistan is in urgent need of development in many areas.

    The country has come to a critical point of transition from chaos to order. “Afghanistan is a common neighbor and partner of all participating countries, and we form a community with a shared future linked by the same mountains and rivers who would rise and fall together,” said President Xi. He also noted that a peaceful, stable, developing and prosperous Afghanistan is the aspiration of all the Afghan people. It is also in the common interests of regional countries and the international community.

    President Xi underscored that amity and good neighborliness are invaluable to a country. China always respects Afghanistan’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and has committed to supporting its pursuit of peace, stability and development. The coordination and cooperation mechanism among neighbors of Afghanistan, since its launch last September, has endeavored to bring into play the strengths of neighboring countries, thus playing a constructive role in promoting the steady transition in Afghanistan.

    President Xi concluded his remarks by stressing that the neighboring countries of Afghanistan should do their best to build consensus and coordinate efforts to support the people of Afghanistan in building a brighter future.

  • Trump says does not wish to talk to Xi ‘right now’

    Trump says does not wish to talk to Xi ‘right now’

    US President Donald Trump said Thursday he is no mood to speak with China’s Xi Jinping, warning darkly he might cut off ties with the rival superpower over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
    “I have a very good relationship, but I just — right now I don’t want to speak to him,” Trump told Fox Business.

    “I’m very disappointed in China. I will tell you that right now,” he said.

    Asked how the United States might choose to retaliate, Trump gave no specifics but struck a threatening tone, saying: “There are many things we could do. We could do things. We could cut off the whole relationship.”

    “If you did, what would happen?” Trump asked. “You’d save $500 billion if you cut off the whole relationship.”

    Tensions have ratcheted up between the United States and China as they have traded barbs over the origin of the pandemic that has killed 300,000 people.

    Trump has for weeks accused China of concealing the true scale of the outbreak, which first appeared in late 2019 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, thus allowing it to spread unchecked.

    Beijing strongly denies the charge, insisting it transmitted all available data as soon as possible to the World Health Organization.

    Trump doubled down on his accusation in the Fox Business interview, saying: “It all came from China and they should have stopped it.