China’s top political advisor meets Slovenian National Council president

China’s top political advisor Wang Huning met with Marko Lotric, president of the National Council of Slovenia, in Beijing on Monday.

Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said that under the strategic guidance of the heads of the two states, China and Slovenia have engaged in frequent exchanges and dialogs at all levels and in all fields since the beginning of this year, effectively enhancing mutual understanding and trust.

Noting that China appreciates Slovenia’s adherence to the one-China principle, Wang said China is willing to work with Slovenia to enhance exchanges in various fields, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, promote common development, and push bilateral relations to a new level.

The CPPCC National Committee is willing to further deepen mutual understanding and mutual learning with the National Council of Slovenia to contribute to greater development of China-Slovenia relations, he said.

For his part, Lotric highly commented on the Belt and Road Initiative and the four global initiatives proposed by President Xi Jinping, strongly agreed with the concept of building a community with a shared future for humanity, and highly appreciated China’s contributions to common development, fairness and justice.

He said that Slovenia attaches great importance to developing relations with China, firmly upholds the one-China principle, and is willing to work hand in hand with China towards a better future.

China is willing to work with all parties to safeguard the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said in Beijing on Monday.

In response to a media inquiry regarding U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks on Sunday on so-called nuclear tests, Mao stressed that China has always been responsible nuclear-weapon state and a protector of peace.

“As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible nuclear-weapon state, China is committed to peaceful development, follows a policy of ‘no first use’ of nuclear weapons and a nuclear strategy that focuses on self-defense, and adheres to its nuclear testing moratorium. We stand ready to work with all parties to jointly uphold the authority of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and safeguard the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime,” she said.

Mao also urged the U.S. side to abide by its obligations on nuclear issues.

“We hope that the U.S. will earnestly abide by its obligations under the Treaty and its commitment to a moratorium on nuclear testing, and take concrete actions to uphold the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime, as well as global strategic balance and stability,” said the spokeswoman.