Timor-Leste's President Jose Ramos-Horta has lauded the concept of a "community with a shared future for all humankind" championed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying it plays a crucial role in balancing economic growth with social well-being and environmental protection.
President Xi put forward the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind to foster collaboration among countries and address shared economic challenges and opportunities.Three major initiatives -- Global Security Initiative (GSI), Global Development Initiative (GDI) and Global Civilization Initiative (GCI) -- were proposed by Xi in 2022, 2021 and 2023 respectively, aiming to enhance global cooperation in various fields to realize common prosperity.
In an interview during his just concluded state visit to China, Ramos-Horta stressed the need for economic and social development that benefits everyone.
"The concept of community of shared future articulated by President Xi Jinping, I have read it and I endorse [it] 100 percent. How do we implement it? To realize this, we should stay more focused. Pick five absolute priorities in the third-world Global South. One is clean water for everybody, because there is serious water scarcity in the world. Look at sanitation, because it is the lack of sanitation that kills millions of children around the world; because of bacteria, because all kinds of diseases that affect their growth. Reforestation and general cleaning up of our forest. Renewable energy, which is already underway anyway, and China is a global leader," Ramos-Horta noted.
At the invitation of President Xi, Timor-Leste's president paid a state visit to China from July 28 to 31. This is Ramos-Horta's first visit to China after he took office in 2022 and the first state visit by a Timor-Leste president to China since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 2002.
Timor-Leste president fully endorses Xi’s concept of community with shared future
Russia said Thursday that its forces launched large-scale airstrikes across Ukraine, targeting key military-industrial, energy and transport facilities, while Ukraine said on the same day that it retaliated with drone attacks on Russian territory.
From Wednesday night through the early hours of Thursday, Russian forces launched another wave of airstrikes on Ukraine, hitting the capital Kiev, Kiev region and Kharkiv region, among other areas. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city came under ballistic missile attack. Part of the metro infrastructure on Kiev's South Bridge was damaged, and traffic on the bridge in both directions was temporarily closed that day.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday that its forces launched a large-scale strike on Ukraine in the early hours of the day, using ground-based precision weapons and drones to strike Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises involved in the production and storage of medium- and long-range cruise missiles and drones, transport facilities in Kiev, port facilities in Odesa region, and maritime vessels serving the Ukrainian military. Russian drones also struck one 330 kV substation each in Kiev region and Zhytomyr region during the daytime on Thursday. Russia said the substations supply power to Ukraine's military-industrial and logistics systems.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported the same day that starting from 18:00 on Wednesday, Russia launched a large-scale joint assault involving missiles and various types of drones, with the main focus on Kiev. Ukrainian air defense claimed to have shot down or neutralized 181 Russian drones, while confirming that 32 locations were struck during the raids.
In addition, the Ukrainian military also launched large-scale drone attacks on Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry said that between 08:00 and 20:00 local time on Thursday, 49 Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed over various regions of Russia. And from Wednesday night to Thursday morning, Russian air defense systems destroyed a total of 808 Ukrainian drones over more than 10 regions of Russia and the Black Sea.
Russia strikes key Ukrainian facilities, Ukraine counters with drones
