CHINESE Foreign Minister Wang Yi met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN Security Council high-level meeting on upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centred international system.
During the meeting, Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said the current international situation is fraught with turbulence and regional conflicts are erupting in multiple locations, and the United Nations is facing severe challenges while simultaneously being subject to heightened expectations.
As the rotating president of the UN Security Council for May, China took the initiative to convene the high-level meeting on upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and strengthening the UN-centred international system, in a bid to join with all nations in reaffirming the Charter’s founding spirit, revitalizing the authority of the United Nations, and forging the broadest possible consensus towards these ends, Wang said. — Xinhua