Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has stressed the importance of the China-proposed initiatives in tackling global challenges, calling on countries to respect the frameworks.
In an exclusive interview with China Media Group (CMG) broadcast on Friday, the East African country's leader said he supports a global mechanism based on the four initiatives proposed by China, and actively promotes his country's participation in other China-led international platforms.
The president's comments were made at a time when the 2013 Chinese concept of a community with a shared future for mankind has gained wide recognition worldwide. China has also put forward four major global initiatives - the 2021 Global Development Initiative, the 2022 Global Security Initiative, the 2023 Global Civilization Initiative, and the 2025 newly proposed Global Governance Initiative.
"The world is different, geographically, [in the] developmental level. The challenges that each country is facing is [are] different. But what we are talking on those four [initiatives] is the framework and the principles that one has to respect. At the principle level, like respect of sovereignty, respect of alternative ideas, supporting the world's challenges, not benefiting from the weaknesses of others, these are certain basic principles that we completely agree and work together in the global framework," said Mohamud.
"China has recently also developed a platform for mediation and conflict resolution, which Somalia is joining and being part of that. That framework is more useful by helping each country, its own standing with that purpose, standing with that challenge. So we are part of that," the president continued.
Somali president expresses support for China's global initiatives
