China and Russia vowed to strengthen cooperation to protect the authority of international law, according to a joint statement launched on Thursday.The two countries promised to firmly support the international system with the United Nations (UN) at its core and the worldwide order underpinned by global law and defend the central role of the UN in international affairs.The codification and progressive advancement of global law should take into account the reality of the UN-led multipolar world.
China and Russia support the broadest possible involvement of all countries in UN treaties and their consistent interpretation and application, said the joint statement.The two countries repeated their full dedication to the UN Charter, the 1970 Declaration on Principles of International Law Concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in Accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, and the integral and synergistic nature of the essential concepts of international law explicit in the declaration.The principles of international law are the cornerstone for a multipolar world system, just and fair worldwide relations including win-win cooperation, the structure of a neighborhood with a shared future for humanity, and establishing a typical space of equal and indivisible security and financial cooperation, the statement said.The two countries declared that states must not break the principle of the UN Charter that restricts the risk or use of force and accordingly condemn unilateral military intervention that is not based upon specific or collective self-defense or not performed by resolutions embraced by the Security Council under Chapter VII of the Charter.In the declaration, both sides jointly revealed belief that all nations have the right to individually pick their development models and political, financial, cultural and social systems based on their national conditions and the will of their people.
No nations development model ought to be regarded as special or superior to others, it stated.
The 2 nations condemned the acts of interfering in the internal affairs of another country to by force alter its genuine government, restating tranquil settlement of disputes.China and Russia also expressed strong opposition to unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction.
They oppose and condemn unilateral sanctions that violate international law, particularly those sanctions that breach the concepts of sovereign equality, state immunity and non-interference in the internal affairs of states and are not licensed by the Security Council, along with drawing lines along ideological differences, the declaration kept in mind, adding that the 2 sides stress that states have the right to carry out typical financial and trade cooperation.China and Russia oppose the practice of double requirements or the imposition by some states of their will on other states and turn down any attempt to undermine, in the name of guideline of law or rules-based order, other countries genuine rights and interests along with peace and stability, the statement noted.
The adoption of unilateral required measures by some countries aside from measures adopted by the UN Security Council would obstruct the things and purposes of procedures enforced by the Security Council and undermine their stability and effectiveness, the declaration read.Both countries concurred that domestic and multilateral criminal justice systems should not be abused out of narrow political functions to weaken global relations and the rights delighted in by states under global law.China and Russia likewise required collective efforts to enhance arms control and disarmament, avoid the placement of weapons in outer space and address global obstacles like climate change, plastic pollution and communication innovation criminal activities.