Major countries obliged to work for a just world order

The telephone conversation Foreign Minister Wang Yi had with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to the French president, at the latter's request, on Tuesday has proved to be a timely move to maintain stable Sino-French ties and push for a proper solution to key international issues.

China and France are both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and also comprehensive strategic partners, which makes it especially important to strengthen their strategic discourse in 2025, the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and World War II. China upholds multilateralism, safeguards the authority of the United Nations and international law, and promotes global governance, while France supports multilateralism, respects international law and values cooperation and solidarity.

Such common ground lays the foundation for the two countries to work together to resolve issues. China and Europe must resolve their economic and trade frictions through consultations. It is hoped France will work with China to send a positive signal of unity and cooperation. It is good to see that France opposes trade and tariff frictions, and is willing to work with China to resolve the issues through consultations. And France is committed to promoting the balanced and sustainable development of France-China and EU-China economic and trade relations, and upholding the international economic and trade system based on WTO rules.

In this way China and France are sending a positive message to the world that they are pushing for a proper solution to trade frictions through talks and consultations.

From the beginning of the Ukraine crisis, China has advocated for resolving it through dialogue and negotiations. It has also emphasized that the process to achieve peace should respect the will of the parties involved, should not be imposed by third parties, and must not serve the interests of any single country.

It will be meaningful if France can strengthen collaboration with China and work together with China to help prompt a just, lasting and sustainable peace agreement on the crisis.

Just as Wang said in the telephone conversation, China and France cannot allow the world to revert to the law of the jungle. That's what China has been striving for, which should be supported by France and all nations that love peace and are working toward a just world order.