Chinese senior official calls for mutual trust for BRICS countries

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BRICS countries should strengthen strategic mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation to play a more constructive role in maintaining world peace and stability, a Chinese senior official said on Friday in Durban, South Africa.

Yang Jiechi (left) and South Africa's David Mahlobo attend the fifth BRICS security session on May 26, 2015, in Moscow, Russia. /VCG Photo

Speaking at the 8th meeting of the BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues, Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that the world is witnessing some of the most unprecedented changes in a century.

Yang, also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, said BRICS countries play an important role in maintaining world peace, promoting common development and enhancing global governance.

A shot from the BRICS Summit on September 3, 2017, in Xiamen, China. /VCG Photo

BRICS is an acronym for the grouping of the world's leading emerging economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Yang said BRICS should jointly stick to multilateralism, uphold the principles of the UN Charter and seek a peaceful settlement to disputes.

BRICS foreign affairs ministers' meeting at the OR Tambo Building in Pretoria on June 4, 2018. The BRICS foreign ministers are meeting in preparation for the full heads of state summit between July 25 and 27. /VCG Photo

BRICS should also enhance political and security cooperation and safeguard the common interests of emerging market countries and developing nations, he added.

Meanwhile, participants agreed that the BRICS countries should further enhance solidarity and cooperation while sticking to multilateralism so as to make positive contributions to world peace, stability and development.

The flags of the participating nations at the 9th BRICS Summit in September 2017 in Xiamen, China. /VCG Photo

During the meeting, Yang held bilateral talks with delegation leaders from the other BRICS countries.

(Cover: A session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on June 4, 2018, in Pretoria, South Africa. /VCG Photo)

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Source(s): Xinhua News Agency