President of the Commonwealth of Dominica Sylvanie Burton has reaffirmed the Caribbean country's commitment to the one-China principle and called on other countries in the region to support China's national reunification.
Burton made a productive visit to China in October. During an interview with China Media Group (CMG) which aired on Friday, she made an appeal to countries that have not yet established diplomatic relations with China to follow Dominica's lead in recognizing the one-China policy.
"So Dominica can be an example to the other countries in the Caribbean. The fact is we believe that there is one China. All of China should be reunified because it's one country. And one province shouldn't be a country by on its own, fighting its mother country. And so, we continue to advocate on behalf of China for the reunification of Taiwan with China, and also to advocate that our brothers and sisters in the other countries who have not established that diplomatic relations with China should come on board," she said.
The president also emphasized that Dominica will make joint efforts with countries in the region to develop partnerships with China to promote common development.
"For us, we are happy that we have the Chinese embassy in Dominica and we can work with our brothers and sisters, the other Caribbean countries, the other CELAC countries, which includes Latin America, to ensure that we all speak with one voice, and we continue to work progressively for the development of all countries, but also working with China as a partner," she said.
Dominica president calls on countries to support China's reunification
Interpol Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza has hailed China as a strong supporter and partner of the organization in the fight against fraud.
Urquiza praised China for its efforts on the sidelines of the Inaugural Conference of the International Alliance Combating Telecom and Cyber Fraud, which was held in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Thursday.
At the conference, the China-initiated international alliance aimed at countering cross-border telecom and cyber fraud was established.
Interpol, formally known as the International Criminal Police Organization, is the world's largest international police organization, and has 196 member countries, aiming to help police in all of them to work together to make the world a safer place.
Noting that fraud and cyber-related crimes have become the priority for member countries of Interpol around the globe, Urquiza said initiatives such as the alliance are key on the fight against those threats, while describing the alliance as a "very good step."
Speaking of cooperation between China and Interpol, Urquiza highlighted China's notable contribution to fighting fraud-related crimes in recent years.
"China has been a strong supporter and partner of Interpol for the past years, especially in the fight against fraud. We have partnered with China a couple of years ago to enhance the efforts on building capacity and coordinating operational activities to fight crimes related to fraud," he told China Global Television Network (CGTN).
"With that, we establish an operation that is called the First Light Operation, which is one of the main areas of work of Interpol on the fight against fraud. Under this operation, we have been able to arrest more than 11,000 criminals that were operating fraud schemes and we have been able to locate and seize more than 600 million dollars that were related to criminal activities on fraud," said Urquiza.
Interpol chief hails China as strong supporter, partner in fighting fraud
