Dividing spheres of influence and stoking geopolitical confrontation will in no way make a country safer, let alone bring peace to the world, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said at a daily press briefing on Wednesday.

Spokesperson Mao Ning made the remarks in response to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's recent statement that "this is our hemisphere, and President (Donald) Trump will not allow our security to be threatened."

"Common security and cooperative security are sustainable security," Mao stressed.