04:21China: 'Nobody wants economic fragmentation or war' - Spanish PM Sanchez
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated that 'nobody wants economic fragmentation or war', while adding that 'China’s modernisation and Asia’s growth' had benefited the whole world, during a speech at the Boao Economic Forum in Hainan on Thursday.
"Humanity faces global challenges of an unprecedented scale," he said. "Climate emergency, the pandemic, and the brutal and illegal aggression of Russia against Ukraine that is causing major humanitarian crisis, food insecurity, inflation, and increasing debt distress in a growing number of vulnerable countries," Sanchez claimed.
The leader said that the international community needed 'responsible and constructive players’, which is what his own country aspired to be.
During his speech, Sanchez also called for Asian countries to open their markets to Western companies as well, emphasising the importance of reciprocity.
"It means providing a stable regulatory framework that allows domestic and foreign companies to compete on an equal footing. It means opening the East so the West doesn't have to close in on itself," he said.
The prime minister added that relations between Europe and China did not need to be confrontational and that there was 'ample room for win-win co-operation'.
"We must remain partners economically and beyond," Sanchez stated.
Moscow has previously rejected claims that what it calls the 'special military operation' was triggering a number of global crises, pointing instead to the impact of Western sanctions.
Sanchez will reportedly meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to discuss the Ukraine conflict.
China put forward a 12-point 'position on a political solution to the Ukraine crisis' in February, including the rejection of the Cold War mentality, the cessation of hostilities, and the resumption of direct dialogue between Russia and Ukraine.
Earlier this month, during talks with Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that it could lay the foundations for an agreement, but only 'when the West and Kiev are ready for it'.
Ukraine and its Western allies had a mixed reaction, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying that some of the points 'coincide with the interests of the world' but that he could not agree with others.
04:21Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stated that 'nobody wants economic fragmentation or war', while adding that 'China’s modernisation and Asia’s growth' had benefited the whole world, during a speech at the Boao Economic Forum in Hainan on Thursday.
"Humanity faces global challenges of an unprecedented scale," he said. "Climate emergency, the pandemic, and the brutal and illegal aggression of Russia against Ukraine that is causing major humanitarian crisis, food insecurity, inflation, and increasing debt distress in a growing number of vulnerable countries," Sanchez claimed.
The leader said that the international community needed 'responsible and constructive players’, which is what his own country aspired to be.
During his speech, Sanchez also called for Asian countries to open their markets to Western companies as well, emphasising the importance of reciprocity.
"It means providing a stable regulatory framework that allows domestic and foreign companies to compete on an equal footing. It means opening the East so the West doesn't have to close in on itself," he said.
The prime minister added that relations between Europe and China did not need to be confrontational and that there was 'ample room for win-win co-operation'.
"We must remain partners economically and beyond," Sanchez stated.
Moscow has previously rejected claims that what it calls the 'special military operation' was triggering a number of global crises, pointing instead to the impact of Western sanctions.
Sanchez will reportedly meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to discuss the Ukraine conflict.
China put forward a 12-point 'position on a political solution to the Ukraine crisis' in February, including the rejection of the Cold War mentality, the cessation of hostilities, and the resumption of direct dialogue between Russia and Ukraine.
Earlier this month, during talks with Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that it could lay the foundations for an agreement, but only 'when the West and Kiev are ready for it'.
Ukraine and its Western allies had a mixed reaction, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying that some of the points 'coincide with the interests of the world' but that he could not agree with others.