Regional cooperation essential to healthy development of Asia

At the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Saturday, President Xi Jinping promised that China will follow a road of peaceful development, continue opening up to share its development opportunities with other countries and uphold multilateralism to safeguard the international order based on international laws.

Xi also put forward suggestions for the development of Asia.

Mutual respect and trust should be prioritized, which entails respect for sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and choice of political system, as well as road maps for development. With such respect, countries can establish mutual trust.