World moving toward balance of power: Chinese FM

Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa (R) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the official house of Los Pinos in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, July 29, 2010. (Xinhua/Bao Feifei)

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Friday said he disagreed with the theory that world power is shifting from West to East.

Speaking at a joint press conference with his Mexican counterpart Patricia Espinoza, Yang said the world is witnessing a trend that various forces are moving toward a relative balance of power.

He described the trend as an inevitable outcome when the world is becoming increasingly multiploar, economic globalization is developing in depth, and the scientific and technological revolution is bringing about rapid changes.

The process toward a multipolar world not only involves the rapid development of newly-emerging major developing countries, but also the strengthening of many developing countries as regional powers. This is evident in Asia, Africa and Latin America, Yang said.

The developing countries and groups composed of these countries have become a force to be reckoned with in world arena, just like their counterparts in the developed world, the Chinese foreign minister said.

The democratization of international relations is the common aspiration of the people the world over. It is also the requirement and one of the practical outcome of the ongoing multipolarization and globalization process, Yang said, citing the Group of 20 and its growth as an example.

The world countries should rise up to the complicated global challenges and tackle, through consultation, major global issues that bear on world peace and development rather than let a few countries have the final say because the fundamental interest of all countries are at stake. All countries should enhance dialogue and cooperation to achieve a mutually beneficial and win-win outcome, the minister said.


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