China’s top diplomat backs Hong Kong international mediation centre as city launches preparatory office with 9 countries already signed up
- Preparatory office for international mediation organisation opens as it is revealed at least nine countries have signed up as members
- Director of China’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission, offers his support and predicts the new body will help promote world peace
China’s top diplomat has thrown his weight behind the establishment of an international mediation organisation in Hong Kong, calling it part of the country’s effort to promote world peace.
Wang Yi, the director of China’s Central Foreign Affairs Commission, gave his blessing for the organisation in a letter on Thursday.
Wang wrote that in an era of “unilateralism, rampant bullying tactics, security and governance deficit” the world needed “a good recipe to solve problems, the power to build consensus and the responsibility to lead the times”.
He said the international mediation body, to be set up by China and several other states, would be dedicated to settling arguments peacefully through dialogue.
“It is hoped that with the strong support of the Hong Kong government, the preparatory office will conclude the negotiations as soon as possible, to make great contributions in promoting the cause of human peace as well as the need to build a community for the collective mankind,” Wang wrote.
The letter was revealed as the city opened a preparatory office for the International Organisation for Mediation at the Legal Hub in Central, the former home of the Court of Final Appeal.
