China will continue to champion international fairness and justice and safeguard peace and stability of the world along with all countries around the world, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, highlighted the significant progress for Chinese diplomacy in the past year and pledged continued efforts to promote peace and justice in face of ongoing international challenges.
"The year of 2024 saw profound changes in the international landscape, and also, remarkable progress in China's reform and development. Under the leadership and guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping, China's diplomacy achieved significant progress, fostered a favorable external environment for high-quality development, brought much-needed stability to a changing and turbulent world, and made new, solid strides in building a community with a shared future for mankind," Wang said.
He then noted that the international situation is still full of challenges in the year of 2025, but the mission of China's diplomacy remains unchanged.
"We will continue to work with all countries to uphold what is right, steer the direction of our era, defend international fairness and justice, and safeguard world peace and stability," said Wang.
China to continue upholding global justice, peace: FM
China to continue upholding global justice, peace: FM
Crowds of anti-war protesters took to the streets of Vancouver in Canada on Saturday to rally against the attacks launched by the United States and Israel on Iran.
At one gathering, protesters chanted the slogan "Hands off Iran" and held placards reading "No War on Iran."
Multiple anti-war organizations gathered in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Vancouver on the day, condemning the country for its operations in the Middle East that have harmed innocent civilians.
"There are groups all across Canada standing up against war on Iran today," said one protester.
Some protesters said they were shocked by the attacks and criticized the U.S. for using negotiations as a pretense for launching military attacks.
"I'm against the U.S. and Israeli intervention unprovoked into Iran. I think it was a rather shocking action to bomb a country that you're actively working on negotiations with," said a protester.
"Unfortunately, this has become a pattern for the U.S. regime to use negotiations as a pretense to lure diplomats and nations into a sense of false security. And then, in the middle of negotiations, start bombing the country. Whenever an injustice happens, whenever a child is murdered by the U.S. imperialism anywhere in the world, we feel for that child as if he or she are our family," said another protester.
The United States and Israel on Saturday launched coordinated airstrikes against Iran, with the latter responding with a series of attacks on Israel and U.S. targets across the Middle East.
Increasing casualties are reported in Iran and other countries involved in the ongoing flare-up.
Iran's state media confirmed Sunday that its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli attack on Saturday.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society said that the strikes hit at least 24 of Iran's 31 provinces, with 201 deaths and 747 injuries reported so far.
Vancouver anti-war protesters rally against US, Israeli attacks on Iran
