Wang said China firmly supports the people of the Middle East in independently exploring the development path, and supports the countries in resolving regional security issues through unity and self-improvement.
“We believe that our brothers and sisters in the Middle East have the ability and wisdom to maintain the overall situation of peace and stability and solve the problems left over from history,” said the Foreign Minister.
In addition, Wang said the US should correct its old problems, truly respect the sovereignty of countries in the region, and do things that are conducive to the peaceful development of the region, based on the needs of the people in the region.
In January, Chinese officials held a virtual meeting with Saudi officials about selling military gear to the kingdom, a recognition that Chinese arms are now significantly higher-tech than they were even just a few years ago.
Huawei has been wiring up the region, quietly installing its networks on the theory that the country that controls the flow of electrons across national networks will hold extraordinary control over the region’s infrastructure.
During the Trump administration, the US warned allies that if they signed up with Huawei and other major Chinese suppliers, Washington would cut off their access to intelligence reports and limit their participation in military alliances.
Meanwhile, US President, Joe Biden told a summit of Arab leaders on Saturday that the US would remain an active, engaged partner in the Middle East.
“We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran. The United States is invested in building a positive future in the region, in partnership with all of you, and the United States is not going anywhere,” said Biden.
Biden has made it clear that he considers confronting Russia and China, and their ambition to replace a US-led global order with a system more to their liking, a greater priority than the wars and sectarian conflicts that continue to rile the Middle East. He has also spoken passionately about supporting democracy, which is sorely lacking in the region.
Three weeks ago, at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit meeting, Biden celebrated a new strategic concept for the Western alliance that, for the first time, recognized China as a systemic challenge, describing its policies as coercive and its cyberoperations around the world as malicious. The doctrine said that along with Moscow, Beijing was trying to “subvert the rules-based international order.”
TORONTO – Ontario is pushing through several bills with little or no debate, which the government house leader says is due to a short legislative sitting.
The government has significantly reduced debate and committee time on the proposed law that would force municipalities to seek permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a car lane.
It also passed the fall economic statement that contains legislation to send out $200 cheques to taxpayers with reduced debating time.
The province tabled a bill Wednesday afternoon that would extend the per-vote subsidy program, which funnels money to political parties, until 2027.
That bill passed third reading Thursday morning with no debate and is awaiting royal assent.
Government House Leader Steve Clark did not answer a question about whether the province is speeding up passage of the bills in order to have an election in the spring, which Premier Doug Ford has not ruled out.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2024.
