BEIJING, China
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Beijing to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Noting that the world today is
confronted with many global threats and challenges, Xi said the international
community must unite and place greater emphasis on development issues.
Xi said the Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) and the Global Development Initiative were proposed to promote
common development of all countries, advance the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development, and ensure that no country is left behind.
Praising the many tangible
achievements of the BRI in the past decade and the UN's role as an important
partner in Belt and Road cooperation, Xi said China is willing to work with the
UN to promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation to contribute to world
peace and development.
China is willing to enhance
cooperation with UN agencies to promote multilateralism and the multi-polarization
of the world, and work to make global governance more just and equitable, Xi
said.
Guterres said that the BRI
provides a very important and effective way to help developing countries
achieve sustainable development.
The UN chief noted that the
eight major steps announced by President Xi to support high-quality Belt and
Road cooperation are fully in line with the UN purposes and objectives and are
conducive to helping developing countries accelerate their development.
The UN highly appreciates China's firm commitment to multilateralism and supports the three global initiatives put forward by President Xi, said Guterres.
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