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Chinese FM urges to take history as guidance in charting future course

Xinhua, February 24, 2015 Adjust font size:

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday called on the international community to take history as a mirror and draw lessons from it as guidance in charting the course of the future.

Wang made the remarks while presiding over an open debate for the UN Security Council in the capacity of the council's rotating president, with the debate featuring a theme of maintaining international peace and security by reflecting on history, and reaffirming the commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

"This year marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. For countries across the world, it is an important year to be commemorated as well as a historic juncture to reflect on the past and look to the future," said Wang.

The minister said that China has proposed to convene this open debate "for the purpose of joining hands with all countries to draw lessons from history and chart the course of the future."

Taking history as a mirror and reaffirming the solemn commitment of the Charter of the United Nations help to spare "the succeeding generations from the scourge of war which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind," said Wang, who said in charting the course for the future, it is necessary for UN member states to join hands and build a new type of international relations centering on win-win cooperation in order to realize the lofty goal of "living together in peace with one another as good neighbors." Endite