China's Foreign Ministry stresses the need to guarantee the security of every country

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi File photoBEJING, May 19The desire to achieve absolute and sole security in the context of today's interdependence between countries is doomed to failure, the security of each country must be guaranteed, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday during an online meeting of BRICS foreign ministers. Wang Yi stressed that the Cold War mentality, bloc confrontation and power politics pose a serious threat to world peace and security.» The desire to achieve absolute and sole security in today's interdependence between countries is doomed to failure, it is necessary to go beyond the Cold War mentality, when your defeat is my victory, it is necessary to respect and guarantee the security of each country by replacing confrontation with dialogue, coercion with negotiations, alliances with partnership, and replace the «zero-sum game» with mutual benefit,» Wang Yi said, quoted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. He also urged to oppose the imposition of any unilateral sanctions and applications of extraterritory China urged not to force countries to choose sides in the conflict in Ukraine