Bloc Expansion Leads to Security Dilemma, Xi Jinping Says

President of the People's Republic of China (PRC) Xi Jinping. File photoBEIJING, Jun 22The current crisis in Ukraine has shown that the expansion of military blocs will inevitably lead to a security dilemma, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday at the BRICS business forum. «History shows us that hegemonism, bloc formation politics, and camp opposition will not bring us peace and security, but will lead us to wars and conflicts.The current crisis in Ukraine has again shown that faith in strength, the expansion of military blocs and the desire for one's own security at the expense of the security of other countries will inevitably lead to a security dilemma,» said Xi Jinping, quoted by the Xinhua news agency. The chairman added that there is hope for peace only if «everyone remembers the bitter lessons of war.» «The international community should abandon zero-sum games, oppose hegemony and power politics together, and build a new type of international relations based on mutual respect and justice,» Xi Jinping stressed.China names four Russian countermeasures in response to NATO expansion