China would like to work with the United States to advance the bilateral relations in a stable development, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said in Beijing on Tuesday.
Guo made the remarks in response to a media query on the China-U.S. relations.
"In the past year, China-U.S. relations, despite ups and downs, realized overall and dynamic stability. This serves the shared interests of the people in both countries, and meets the common aspiration of the international community. The development of China-U.S. relations in the past year once again demonstrates that China-U.S. cooperation would benefit both sides and that confrontation would hurt both sides. China and the U.S. should find the right way for the two major countries to get along with each other based on equality, mutual respect and reciprocity. China stands ready to work with the U.S. to promote the steady development of their relations, and at the same time China will firmly uphold its sovereignty, security and development interests.," said Guo.
China willing to work with US for stable bilateral relations: spokesman
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Tuesday that the European Union stands in full solidarity with Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, stressing that their sovereignty and territorial integrity are non-negotiable.
In a special address at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, von der Leyen said the EU is preparing an Arctic security support package built on five pillars, including stepped-up investment in Greenland's economy and infrastructure and increased defense spending on European icebreaker capability.
Full solidarity with Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark is the first principle, and the sovereignty and integrity of their territory is non-negotiable, she noted.
Von der Leyen said the EU also plans to channel a major European investment push into Greenland to support the local economy and infrastructure, while using the bloc's defense spending increase to bolster European icebreaker capability and other equipment seen as vital to Arctic security.
She said Europe must adjust to a "new security architecture and realities" and is preparing its own security strategy, including an upgraded Arctic strategy, to be published later this year.
"And at the heart of this will be the fundamental principle: It is for sovereign people to decide their own future," she said.
Sovereignty, integrity of Greenland, Denmark's territory "non-negotiable": Ursula von der Leyen
