ඇමරිකාව, කලාපීය රටවල් තම උපකරණ ලෙසට යොදා නොගත යුතුයි - චීනය

US should put aside obsessions with seeking hegemony, containing China: spokesman

The United States should put aside its obsessions with seeking hegemony and containing China, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday (Sep. 23).

Lin made the remarks when commenting on the China-related statements made by U.S. President Joe Biden at a summit gathering leaders of the Quad, an informal strategic dialogue between the U.S., Japan, Australia and India.

"The Quad mechanism is identified as the premier regional framework that plays a leading role in the Indo-Pacific strategy of the U.S. It is a tool the U.S. uses to contain China and perpetuate the U.S. hegemony. The Indo-Pacific strategy attempts to patch up forces to exclude and contain China by peddling the 'China threat' narrative, and tries to muster military and security cooperation under the pretext of maritime issues—same intention, same tactics. Though the U.S. claims that it does not target China, the first topic of the summit is about China and China was made an issue throughout the event. The U.S. is lying through its teeth and even the U.S. media does not believe it," he said.

"China has consistently advocated that cooperation between countries should not target any third party or even harm their interests. Any regional initiative must align with the overwhelming trend of the region and promote regional peace, stability, and prosperity. Ganging up to form exclusive groupings undermines the mutual trust and cooperation between regional countries, runs counter to the trend pursuing peace, development, cooperation and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific and is bound to fail. The U.S. should put aside its obsessions with seeking hegemony and containing China, stop using regional countries as tools, and cease its strategic intention to whitewash or glorify the groupings. The U.S. should act on its word that the revitalization of its alliances is not targeted at China, instead of seeking selfish gains at the expense of other countries' security interests and the wellbeing of the people in the Asia-Pacific," said Lin.

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