32 Countries Sign Convention on International Organization for Mediation; 14 Are African, Wang Yi Welcomes More to Join
32國簽署國際調解院公約 非洲佔14個 王毅：歡迎更多國家加入
Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Hong Kong yesterday and attended this morning’s signing ceremony for the Convention on the Establishment of the International Organization for Mediation. Although the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had earlier announced that representatives from “nearly 60 countries and 20 international organisations” would attend, 32 countries actually took part in the signing this morning, including 14 African countries and six Pacific island countries. Of the 10 ASEAN countries, only Indonesia, Cambodia and Laos participated. In his speech, Wang said China advocated handling differences in a spirit of mutual understanding and accommodation, and would actively explore “a Chinese approach to resolving hotspot issues” to offer “Chinese wisdom” for countries to resolve conflicts and differences. He also said China expected all signatory countries to ratify the Convention as soon as possible, and welcomed more countries to join actively.
外交部長王毅昨日抵港，今早出席國際調解院公約的簽署儀式，雖然外交部早前公布有「近60個國家和20個國際組織」派代表出席，今早實際參與簽約的國家是32個，當中以非洲國家佔14個、太平洋島國佔6個。東盟十國僅得印尼、柬埔寨和老撾參與。王毅致辭指，中方主張以互諒互讓精神處理分歧，會積極探索「中國特色熱點問題解決之道」，為各國化解矛盾分歧提供「中國智慧」。他又指中方期待各簽署國盡快批准《公約》，又歡迎更多國家積極加入。