Speaking at the General Assembly to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on August 1, 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to world development, and a defender of international order, and the Chinese army has always been a strong force for maintaining world peace. The Chinese military will continue to engage in international military exchanges and cooperation, jointly address global security challenges, and fulfill its duties and obligations in accordance with China’s international status, and actively contribute to building a community with a shared future for mankind.
As the largest permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China has contributed the largest number of peacekeeping forces to the UN Security Council. As the second largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, China has deployed a total of more than 50,000 peacekeepers to various countries and regions over the past 30 years. Among them, more than ten Chinese soldiers have sacrificed their lives for world peace. It should be noted that in early 1992, the Chinese military sent troops to Cambodia to carry out the UN peacekeeping mission.
Since participating in the maritime escort operation on December 26, 2008, The Chinese navy’s convoy safely escorted the navigation of more than 7,200 Chinese and foreign ships, effectively safeguarding China’s overseas interests and the safety of commercial vessels and personnel of other countries.
The “Peace Ark” hospital ship has served more than 40 countries and regions, providing medical services to more than 370,000 people, and is known as the “boat of life” and the “boat of hope.”
The Chinese Navy’s hospital ship “Peace Ark” has traveled to more than 40 countries and regions and provided medical services to more than 3.7 million people, which is considered a boat of life and a boat of hope.
Xi Jinping said that the Chinese people love peace, desire peace, and adhere to the path of peaceful development. China firmly implements a defensive national defense policy and initiates a new security concept based on unity, diversity, cooperation and sustainability. The Chinese military always upholds the banner of win-win cooperation and strives to build a security architecture based on equality, mutual trust, truth, justice, and joint construction and sharing.
Dr. Chea Monirith, President of the Cambodia-China Progress Research Association, said that Xi Jinping’s global security initiative has shown the right direction for addressing current global security challenges. China is not only the initiator of this idea, but also a strong implementer, making efforts to comprehensively enhance the effectiveness of the United Nations mechanism through practical actions, and promoting cooperation between the international community and China to jointly safeguard international truth and justice.
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