Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, chairs the 12th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security via video link, June 15, 2022. /Chinese Foreign Ministry
Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Wednesday called on BRICS countries to inject more stability into a turbulent world.
Yang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks when chairing the 12th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security via video link. The meeting took place ahead of the 14th BRICS summit.
BRICS is an acronym for the five major emerging countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. China holds the rotating presidency of BRICS this year.
The grouping was born in the historical tide of the collective rise of emerging markets and developing countries and represents the direction of the evolution and adjustment of the world pattern and international order, Yang said.
He called on the five members to follow the trends of the times, respond to changes of the times and inject more stability and positive energy into the turbulent international situation.
The 12th Meeting of BRICS National Security Advisers and High Representatives on National Security is held via video link, June 15, 2022. /Chinese Foreign Ministry
Yang called on BRICS countries to practice true multilateralism, address both traditional and non-traditional security threats in a coordinated manner, advocate solidarity, and coordinate security and development to realize "common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security."
Amid various risks and challenges, the Global Security Initiative put forward by China has contributed Chinese wisdom to solving the current dilemma of global security and provided an important guideline for building a world of lasting peace and universal security, he said.
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The meeting reviewed the work of the working group on counter-terrorism and cybersecurity, agreed to promote plans and roadmaps for international counter-terrorism and cybersecurity cooperation and uphold the central coordinating role of the United Nations in the global counter-terrorism cause. It also called for a more inclusive, representative and democratic global internet governance system.
South Africa's Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele, Brazil's Minister of Institutional Security Augusto Heleno, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev and Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval attended the meeting.
They had an in-depth exchange of views and reached consensus on important issues such as strengthening multilateralism and global governance, responding to new threats and challenges to national security, and strengthening and improving governance of new frontiers.
All parties expressed readiness to work for fruitful outcomes at the upcoming BRICS summit.
(With input from Xinhua)