Xi Jinping moots Global Civilisation Initiative at world political parties meet

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday proposed a Global Civilisation Initiative GCI calling for respect for the diversity of civilisations at a world political parties conference organised by the ruling Communist Party of China CPCIn a video address to the Dialogue with World Political Parties meeting 69yearold Xi who last week was endorsed for an unprecedented third term as President and military chief by Chinas ceremonial Parliament said tolerance coexistence exchanges and mutual learning among different civilisations play an irreplaceable role in advancing humanitys modernisation processThe political parties conference was held by the CPC ahead of US President Joe Bidens proposed second Summit for Democracy with the governments of Costa Rica the Netherlands South Korea and Zambia on March 2930 2023Several world leaders including Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda have agreed to take part in it virtually according to reportsChina which was not invited to the first summit of democracy held by Biden in 2021 accused Washington of using democracy as a weapon of mass destruction to stoke divisions and confrontationOver 100 world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the first summitThe Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday sharply criticised the socalled Summit for Democracy saying it blatantly drew an ideological line between countries and created division in the worldAlso readMaharashtra Farmers tribals marching towards Mumbai in support of demands enter ThaneIt was a preposterous show in violation of the spirit of democracy and exposed the USs hegemony in the guise of democracy which has been criticised and opposed by many countries Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media conference hereThe GCI is the third global initiative proposed by Xi in recent months after the Global Development Initiative GDI and the Global Security Initiative GSI under which China has clinched a peace deal between archrivals Iran and Saudi ArabiaAs a part of the agreement brokered by China the two countries have agreed to establish diplomatic ties and improve their relationsIn his address to the world political parties meet Xi was quoted by the official media as saying that countries need to explore the building of a global network for intercivilisation dialogue and cooperation enrich the contents of exchanges and expand avenues of cooperation to promote mutual understanding and friendship among people of all countriesHe stressed that countries need to fully harness the relevance of their histories and cultures to the present times and push for the creative transformation and innovative development of their fine traditional culturesThe inheritance and innovation of civilisations should be highly valued he saidHe stressed that countries need to fully harness the relevance of their histories and cultures to the present times and push for the creative transformation and innovative development of their fine traditional culturesXi also advocated robust international peopletopeople exchanges and cooperation saying that countries need to explore the building of a global network for intercivilisational dialogue and cooperation expand avenues of cooperation to promote mutual understanding and friendship among people of all countriesHitting out at the developed countries he said modernisation is not an exclusive patent of a small handful of countriesModernisation cannot be realised by a cookie cutter approach or simple copy and paste he said adding that for any country to achieve modernisation it needs not only follow the general laws governing the process but more importantly consider its own national conditions and unique featuresXi said the CPC is committed to strengthening exchanges and cooperation with other political parties to pursue the just cause togetherCPC maintains fraternal ties with political parties all over the world including the parties in IndiaHe called for leveraging the strength of a new type of partytoparty relations for building a new type of international relations and expanding global partnerships by fostering stronger partners with world political partiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever