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ble security, and to take building a common security community as the long-term goal and working together to build a world of lasting peace and universal security. The GSI is rooted in true multilateralism and has offered a Chinese solution to bridging peace deficit and solving security dilemma. In response to the Ukraine crisis, the Chinese government issued China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis, putting forward a 12-point proposal, including respecting the sovereignty of all countries, abandoning the Cold War mentality, ceasing hostilities and resuming peace talks. The Chinese side has had in-depth communication with many European countries and relevant parties, playing a constructive role in easing the spillover of the crisis and promoting a political settlement. Going forward, we will continue to promote peace talks, promote dialogue and consultation to address legitimate concerns of all parties, work for a balanced, effective and sustainable European security architecture, and jointly uphold peace and stability on the Eurasian continent.
China will always be a builder of world peace, contributor to global development, defender of international order, provider of public goods and mediator of hotspot issues. Since its participation in UN peacekeeping operations in 1990, China has sent more than 50,000 peacekeepers to over 20 countries and regions. China is now the second largest contributor to the UN peacekeeping budget and the top contributor of troops to UN peacekeeping operations among the permanent members of the UN Security Council. More than 2,200 Chinese officers and soldiers are serving in 8 peacekeeping mission areas. Since its participation in the escort missions in 2008, China has sent 44 batches with over 100 vessels, escorted over 7,000 Chinese and foreign ships, and rescued and protected nearly 100 ships of various types, thus contributing to the great cause of world peace with concrete actions and fulfilling the duty of a responsible major country.
There is a Chinese proverb that goes “crossing the river in the same boat”. Despite the differences in the color of our skin, in our languages and in our values and ways of life, we live together on this giant boat of Earth, which makes it natural and necessary for us to support each other. Over past more than one year that I worked in Sweden, I have visited over 20 cities, and have talked with government officials, enterprise executives, scholars from think tanks and workers in the factories. I have truly felt the expectations for peace and development, and the sincere and friendly feelings towards the Chinese people by the people of Sweden. Sweden was the first western country to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, and there is a long history of friendly exchanges between the two countries. His Majesty the King Carl XVI Gustaf has visited China six times. The exchanges and cooperation between the two sides in the pol
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