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
