Xi and Lavrov Point the Way to a New and Better Future

来源: 作者:James O’Neill* 点击: 发布时间:2021-07-07 11:36:56
   近日,中国共产党中央委员会总书记总书记、中华人民共和国主席习近平的讲话和俄罗斯外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫(Sergei Lavrov)发表的文章对当今世界形势的问题有所讨论,但是西方媒体对此很少关注。
   习近平在演讲中表示绝不允许任何人欺负、压迫或征服中国。习近平在演讲中说道“中国共产党将继续同一切爱好和平的国家和人民一道,弘扬和平、发展、公平、正义、民主、自由的全人类共同价值,坚持合作、不搞对抗,坚持开放、不搞封闭,坚持互利共赢、不搞零和博弈,反对霸权主义和强权政治,推动历史车轮向着光明的目标前进!”

 

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   另一个近期对地缘政治思想有重大贡献的是俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫(Sergei Lavrov )于2021年6月28日在莫斯科发表题为《法律、权利和规则》的文章,这对现代地缘政治思想有重大贡献。拉夫罗夫在文章中指出,“西方国家推动‘基于规则的国际秩序’概念,违背了主要由《联合国宪章》所确定的国际法的普遍原则。”
   拉夫罗夫表示,“西方国家宣称有‘权利’为了推进民主而干涉其他国家的内政,但当我们提出让国际关系更加民主的愿景时,西方立即失去了所有的兴趣,包括承诺遵守公认的国际法原则,而不是‘规则’”。

 

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   相反,拉夫罗夫认为,所需要的是“大国间能够进行相互尊重的对话,并适当考虑到国际社会所有成员的利益。”这意味着需要普遍接受的国际法准则和原则及所提供的无条件承诺。
   同时,拉夫罗夫认为,以规则为基础的秩序是双重标准的体现,他表示“西方在本国宣扬平等和民主,并要求其他国家效仿,却拒绝讨论如何确保国际事务中的平等和民主。”
   习近平的讲话和拉夫罗夫的文章都清楚地表明,当前世界正在经历重大转型,新的政治体系正在形成。同时,由于这些发展并不符合美国的观点,因此他们将竭尽全力颠覆这些趋势,以保美国在国际的卓越地位。







There were two important contributions made recently neither of which received much in the way of attention from the western mainstream media. The first of these was the speech given by Xi Jinping, the Secretary General of the Communist party of China and its current president.
 
Xi commenced his speech with a stern warning to would be opponents of China. “we would never allow,” he said, “anyone to bully, oppress or subjugate China.” He committed China to a peaceful future, working “to promote the shared common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy and freedom.” China, he said, had never “bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of any country.”  He committed China to a continuation of this history.
 
The other recent major contribution to modern geopolitical thinking was in a paper written by Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov “The Law, the Rights and The Rules” published in Moscow on 28 June 2021. In the paper Lavrov pointed out that “the documents adopted at the Cold War and Brussels summits cemented the rules based world order concept as a counterweight to the universal principles of international law with the United Nations Charter as its primary source.”
 
Lavrov went on to argue that while “proclaiming the ‘right’ to interfere in the domestic affairs of other countries for the sake of promoting democracy as it understood it, the West instantly loses all interest when we raise the prospect of making international relations more democratic, including removing arrogant behaviour and committing to abide by the universally recognised tenets of international law instead of “rules”.
 
Rather, Lavrov argued that what was needed was “mutually respectful dialogue involving the leading powers and with due regard for the interests of all members of the international community. This implies an unconditional commitment provided by the universally accepted norms and principles of international law.”
 
What Lavrov argued rather, was that the rules based order is the embodiment of double standards “while preaching equality and democracy in their countries and demanding others follow its lead, the West refuses to discuss ways to ensure equality and democracy in international affairs.”
 
It is clear from both Xi’s speech and Lavrov’s paper that the world is currently undergoing a major transition, with a new political system emerging. It is equally clear that these developments are not to the Americans taste. They will do everything in their power to subvert these trends in a hope of retaining the pre-eminent position they held in the post-war era.
(责任编辑:James O’Neill*)

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