At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Kazakhstan from June 6 to 9, 2022, to attend the third meeting of Foreign Ministers "China + Five Central Asian Countries", and will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan.CCTV: Could you provide us with the background, considerations as well as the schedule regarding Wang Yi's attendance at the Third Foreign Ministers' Meeting "China + Five Central Asian Countries" and the official visit to Kazakhstan?What does China expect from this visit?Zhao Lijian: The five Central Asian countries are China's friendly neighbors and strategic partners.Since establishing diplomatic relations with Central Asian countries 30 years ago, China has always adhered to the principles of mutual respect, good neighborliness, absolute solidarity, mutual assistance and mutual benefit, and has continuously deepened their friendly cooperation.On January this year, the Video Summit of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the five Central Asian countries was successfully held.President Xi Jinping and the heads of state of the five countries jointly drew up the cooperation plan and announced the building of a China-Five Central Asian community with a shared future.State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the Third Foreign Ministers' Meeting of "China + Five Central Asian Countries", actively implement the outcomes of the Summit with all parties via video, and further deepen good-neighborly friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields between China and Central Asian countries to jointly promote development and seek shared prosperity.During his visit to Kazakhstan, Wang Yi will meet Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and have talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi.We believe that this visit will further deepen political mutual trust and pragmatic cooperation between the two countries, and promote high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road between China and Kazakhstan to achieve more results. .Global Times: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused China of practicing "coercive diplomacy" in his speech on China policy.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: China never practices coercion and firmly opposes coercion by other countries.Chinese culture advocates not imposing on others what you do not want to be done to yourself.One of the traditions of Chinese diplomacy is that all countries are equal, whether big or small.When China's national sovereignty and national dignity are threatened and attacked, China will take reasonable and legal countermeasures, defend its legitimate rights and interests, and safeguard international fairness and justice.China never threatens other countries with force, never joins military alliances, never exports ideology, never runs to other countries' doors to cause trouble, and never harms the interests of others.China also never takes the initiative to start trade wars, never suppresses companies from other countries without reason, never introduces sanctions and intimidation, and never resorts to extraterritorial jurisdiction.The United States is the initiator of coercive diplomacy.Coercive Diplomacy's invention, patent, and intellectual property rights belong to the United States.In 1971, American scholar Alexander L. George advanced the concept of coercive diplomacy, which concerned US policy toward Laos, Cuba, and Vietnam.Over the years, from the threat of force to political isolation, from economic sanctions to technological blockade, for its own selfish interests, the United States demonstrates to the world by concrete actions what true coercive diplomacy is.Chinese netizens always say, "If you want to know what coercive diplomacy is, just look at what the United States is doing."The United States often says that it treats other countries from a “position of strength”.In reality, this means that the one with the most strength and the thickest arm will have the last word.Isn't that coercive diplomacy?The United States has used all expedients to suppress Chinese company Huawei, French company Alstom, Japanese company Toshiba and other companies, and forced TSMC, Samsung and other companies to submit their data. of the chip supply chain.Isn't that coercive diplomacy?In the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States forced the countries to choose sides, threatening unilateral sanctions and extraterritorial jurisdiction at all times.Isn't that coercive diplomacy?China and the Solomon Islands signed a security cooperation agreement on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, while the United States immediately sent its representatives to the South Pacific island countries to make pressure, intimidate and prevent their normal cooperation with China.Isn't that coercive diplomacy?Secretary Blinken said all nations have the freedom to plan their own path without coercion.To achieve this, the United States must first change its old habit of engaging in coercive diplomacy, and stop interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, forcing other countries to choose their camp, to abuse unilateral sanctions and to suppress high-tech companies from other countries.China is willing to work with all countries that uphold justice to oppose all kinds of coercive acts around the world.Xinhua News Agency: The US State Department released the "2021 International Religious Freedom Report" on June 2, listing the so-called "crimes" of China's restrictions and violations of religious freedom, claiming that there are violations and restrictions on religious freedom in Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong.At the report's release conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said China continues to carry out "genocide" and repression against Uyghurs, most of whom are Muslim, and also other religious minorities.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: The China-related content of the so-called US report and Secretary Blinken's remarks disregard facts, demonstrate ideological bias, unrestrainedly slander China's religious policy, and seriously interfere in China's internal affairs. China.China expresses its strong protest and firm opposition.Respecting and protecting the freedom of religious belief is the fundamental policy of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government regarding religion.In China, the government manages religious affairs according to law, protects citizens' freedom of religious belief and normal religious activities, and ensures that religious citizens enjoy the same political, economic, social and cultural rights as atheist citizens. .This has been enshrined in the Chinese Constitution for a long time and is strictly implemented and fully guaranteed.At the same time, the Constitution also states that no one may use religion to disrupt social order and that religious groups and religious affairs should not be subject to foreign influence.The Chinese government will resolutely fight the instrumentalization of religion to promote extremist thoughts, carry out extremist activities, infiltrate and overthrow through subversion.The so-called "genocide" in Xinjiang is an outright lie.China has repeatedly refuted it based on facts and figures.Today, I will not waste your time disproving these lies and illusions of the United States.Even if you are not tired of listening to them, we are tired of talking about them.The reason the United States has been repeatedly spreading these lies related to Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong is simply to create an excuse to smear and suppress China is that it wants to introduce pretexts to blacken and suppress China, and to use them as a tool to interfere in China's internal affairs and divide China.In reality, the religious and living conditions of ethnic minorities in the United States are truly disturbing.Native Americans in the United States have long been neglected and discriminated against, Indian culture has been fundamentally destroyed, and the intergenerational continuity of life and spirit has been seriously threatened.The United States adopted a policy of genocide against the Indians, and the number of Indians dropped from 5 million in 1492 to 250,000 at the beginning of the 20th century, or 5% of the original population.This is a real genocide.The American monthly magazine “The Atlantic” wisely pointed out that Indians have suffered deportation, massacre and forced assimilation in history, and currently they live in general poverty and are ignored.The Indians who were originally masters of this continent today have a weak voice in American society.Furthermore, there is a long-term and systematic problem of racism in the United States.According to opinion poll data from Gallup and the Pew Center, 75% of American Muslims consider American society to have serious discrimination against them.There are also frequent “bloody incidents” of gun violence in the United States, which not only blaspheme sacred places of worship, but also reveal the cancer of racism deeply rooted in American society.Let me give you some examples related to religion in the United States.On June 17, 2015, a white youth committed a massacre at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people.On October 27, 2018, 11 people were killed in a shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Then, on May 24 of this year, a serious shooting occurred at an elementary school in Texas, more than 20 people died, and the students at the school were mostly ethnic minorities.Faced with the above facts, I don't know how the United States considers itself qualified and dare to condemn China?Every time the US side releases such a "report", it only further exposes its own hypocrisy and doublespeak.Yonhap News Agency: On June 5, North Korea fired eight short-range ballistic missiles into the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula.For this reason, on June 6, the South Korean and American military fired eight surface-to-surface missiles into the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: China's position is clear.It is about the common interests of all parties to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and promote the political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue.Under the current circumstances, China hopes relevant parties will remain calm and exercise restraint while refraining from any measures that may escalate tensions.Hubei Media Group: According to data from the United States Customs and Border Protection, in April 2022, US law enforcement agencies apprehended a total of 230,000 illegal immigrants at the border and checkpoints. Mexican-American entrance.Many of them were bullied or even abused, and many unaccompanied children were trapped in border patrol posts.Human rights have been seriously violated.At the same time, immigration is one of the subjects of the next Summit of the Americas.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: The "border tragedy" is an inglorious page in the human rights saga in the United States.The US government took extreme measures and inhumane actions and brutalized immigrants.Immigrants continue to face police violence, and are subjected to prolonged detention and abuse.Worse still, the human rights of vulnerable groups such as women and children are ruthlessly violated.According to the data, in 2021, US law enforcement apprehended nearly 1.7 million illegal immigrants at the US-Mexico border, breaking the record in 20 years.Of the arrested immigrants, 145,000 were children.Additionally, more than 2,800 immigrant children were forcibly separated from their parents following the separation policy put in place by the previous US administration, and many parents are still trying to find out what happened to their children.The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has pointed out that this decision amounts to government-sponsored child abuse, which will cause irreparable harm to children that may affect their entire lives.The US government has no reason to justify it.In recent years, 25,000 of the 266,000 immigrant children detained in the United States have been held in custody for more than 100 days.Even when the epidemic was at its worst, more than 100,000 unaccompanied children were held in disastrously overcrowded temporary facilities for a long time, without care, doctors or medicines, and their physical and mental health was seriously affected.In September 2021, US Border Police on horseback brutally chased Haitian refugees with whips.The brutal deportation of Haitian refugees by US Border Police on horseback and whipping was unanimously condemned by the UN Human Rights Council's Special Report on Racial Discrimination as well as by the working group of experts on people of African descent.This photo is also sadly known on the Internet.America's own hegemony and bullying is backfiring.The serious problem of refugees and immigrants in the United States results precisely from this.During the 200 years that have passed since the United States advanced the "Monroe Doctrine", it has intervened militarily some thirty times in the countries of Latin America, coercively exporting democracy to them in American colours, delivering to economic spoliation and even pushing for the subversion of the regime.When the people of these countries could no longer bear the poverty and instability brought by the United States and attempted to flee north, they were repulsed by the United States, and even violently arrested and imprisoned.Thus, some American media have pointed out that these immigrants at the border are doubly victimized by American policy.The United States must seriously examine and redress its many crimes on the issue of refugees and immigrants, stop playing the hypocritical "human rights defender" and take concrete steps to protect human rights and the fundamental rights of refugees and immigrants.The United States must also formally respond to the legitimate concerns of Latin American countries regarding immigration issues at the 9th Summit of the Americas and propose effective and achievable solutions.AFP: Australian officials recently said that a Chinese military aircraft performed dangerous maneuvers and intercepted an Australian surveillance plane in the airspace of the South China Sea, posing a risk to Australian air safety and personnel.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: Please ask the Ministry of National Defense for specific information.In principle, what I can tell you is that the Chinese military conducts relevant operations based on international law and international practice and in accordance with safe, regulated and professional operational requirements.China will never allow any country under the guise of "freedom of navigation" to violate China's sovereignty and security and endanger peace and stability in the South China Sea.China once again urges Australia to genuinely respect China's national security interests and major concerns, and to be reserved in its words and actions to avoid misjudgments and cause serious consequences. .China Daily: Recently, the rotating chair of the African Union and Senegalese President Macky Sall said that Western sanctions against Russia have seriously affected Africa's food security.The World Food Program also warned the other day that humanity could face "the greatest food crisis since World War II".Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: In the current situation, the global food supply situation is extremely tight.Because of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia and Ukraine, as important world food exporting countries, are almost withdrawing from the world food trade system, and American and Western sanctions have seriously affected the export of food and fertilizer from Russia, worsening the already bad situation.According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, food prices reached an all-time high in March 2022 worldwide, and factors such as sanctions against Russia are expected to continue. to drive up world food prices.The higher the price of food, the more the availability of food in fragile regions and countries will be reduced, and the greater the risk to food security worldwide will be.In fact, the United States is behind every global food crisis.A few countries like the United States are manipulating the global food trade system, building “food hegemony”, tightly controlling international food prices and repeatedly seeking huge gains by exaggerating food security issues and food tensions. .On the one hand, the United States accuses other countries of “holding food” and demanding that they “open reserves and release food”;on the other hand, their own consumption of food resources has not diminished for anything in the world.At the same time, the United States has taken advantage of the situation to raise food prices for personal gain, which is very irresponsible.The right to survival is the greatest human right and hunger is the common enemy of all humanity.In the current situation, the international community must work together and promote peace talks so that peace can be restored as soon as possible.The international community must also create a peaceful and stable environment to resolve the food crisis.Pouring oil on the fire and imposing indiscriminate sanctions will not help to calm the situation in the region but will only aggravate the food crisis and lead to a greater humanitarian catastrophe.MASTV: According to reports, on June 2 the European Union approved the sixth sanctions package against Russia, including the withdrawal of Sberbank from the SWIFT system, the partial embargo on Russian oil, the gradual ban on purchase of Russian crude oil shipped by sea in the following 6 months, and the gradual ban on the purchase of Russian refined oil in the following 8 months.The Russian Foreign Ministry said EU sanctions are likely to drive up the price of oil, destabilize the international energy market and disrupt supply chains.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: Facts have proven that sanctions are not a good solution to the Ukrainian crisis.The massive and indiscriminate sanctions against Russia imposed by a few countries did not help to calm the Ukrainian situation, but rather cost Europe and even the world dearly.With the escalation and extension of sanctions, European countries and people fear that they will have to bear a higher price in terms of inflation and unemployment, and the world will face serious challenges such as energy and food crises. .Only arms dealers, oil and gas dealers outside the European Union will be able to benefit from it.We have noticed that the European side has repeatedly expressed its hope that the Russian-Ukrainian crisis will calm down as soon as possible and that Europe will be able to restore peace and tranquility.The Chinese side supports the European side, taking into consideration the peace and tranquility of Europe and its own interests, in independently formulating a foreign policy in line with European interests, in actively promoting the political settlement of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, in its active role in the pursuit of negotiations and the conclusion of peace, and in the final construction of a balanced, effective and sustainable European security architecture.Phoenix TV: My first question is that we noticed that the U.S. State Department had removed the statement on its website to "do not support Taiwan independence" from the "List of Facts About U.S.-Taiwan Relations." ".However, on May 28, this statement reappeared in the list.Do you have a comment to make?My second question is that according to reports, in 2021, during a reception, Madam Consul Sheila Carey, then head of the economic and political department of the United States Consulate General in Guangzhou, and Andrew Chira revealed to invited that the US government hopes that US businessmen can be "understanding", and that "There is no problem in Xinjiang, saying that in fact, we all know it well, but that the reason why we use Xinjiang, mediate forced labor, genocide and human rights issues in the region, is that it is a "standoff" and a "means effective” to ultimately bog China down in turmoil.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: Regarding your first question, we noticed that the US State Department has again updated the "List of US-Taiwan Relations Facts" on its website, and reinstated the statement of " not support Taiwanese independence”.Facts can never be denied, history can never be falsified, and reality can never be altered.There is only one China in this world, Taiwan is an integral part of China, and the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government that represents all of China.This is the general consensus and standard of international relations recognized by the international community.This is also a solemn commitment made by the US side in the three Sino-US joint communiqués.The United States should firmly uphold the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, adhere to the political commitment made by itself to China on the Taiwan issue, implement the president's position Biden claiming that the United States does not support "Taiwan independence", and stop politically manipulating issues on Taiwan and "instrumentalizing Taiwan to contain China".Otherwise, US actions will seriously damage China-US relations and peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.Regarding your second question, I also suggest that you ask the American side for a fair explanation.If the information you mentioned is true, I am not at all surprised, since this is not the first time that US officials have been "so honest".Former senior US government official Lawrence Wilkerson admitted in 2018 that the best method for the US to destabilize China is to turmoil in Xinjiang and push Uyghurs to 'disrupt China from within' .Former FBI translator Sibel Deniz Edmonds also disclosed in 2015 that the United States does not care about the people of Xinjiang.They all claimed that the so-called declaration on the massacre and torture of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang aims to disrupt this region.Mike Pompeo said publicly: “We lie, we cheat and we steal.This is the glory achieved by the United States in the continuous exploration of progress.And the so-called "genocide" in Xinjiang turns out to be exactly the lie of the century concocted by American politicians, and a classic work of American "deceitful diplomacy."At present, Xinjiang enjoys ethnic solidarity, social stability and economic prosperity.This is the best answer and the most powerful counterattack to the American lie about Xinjiang.Any attempt by the United States to undermine the harmony and stability of Xinjiang and hamper China's development will always be doomed.Shenzhen TV: Reportedly, on the evening of the 4th, a fire broke out at an inland container depot near the port of Chittagong in southeast Bangladesh and caused an explosion, causing 49 deaths and over 100 injuries. .Do you have a comment to make?Are there Chinese victims in the fire?Zhao Lijian: China expresses its deep condolences to the victims of the fire at Chittagong port in Bangladesh, and extends its heartfelt sympathy to the families of the victims and the injured.After the fire took place, the Chinese Embassy in Bangladesh immediately contacted the Bangladeshi police and confirmed that there were no Chinese casualties.TASS: According to foreign media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was planning to visit Serbia from June 6-7, but his schedule is disrupted because Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Montenegro ban his plane from crossing the airspace of these countries.Do you have a comment to make?Another issue is that Taiwan recently declared measures banning the export of semiconductors to Russia.Russia has also taken corresponding countermeasures prohibiting the export of inert gases to Taiwan.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: Regarding your first question, we have also noticed relevant reports.China supports Russia and Ukraine in pursuing negotiations and consultations to properly settle their issue.We consider that all efforts conducive to a peaceful settlement of the crisis must be supported and that the international community must create conditions in favor of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations.With regard to your second question, since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, the authorities of the Democratic Progressive Party have repeatedly manipulated this topic, seizing every opportunity to talk about the news, to attract global attention and to make themselves visible.The reason they do so is that in essence they want to exaggerate tensions and liaise with outside forces to carry out provocative and secessionist activities.Their despicable tricks will not succeed at all.CRI: On June 5, 2022, Kazakhstan held a referendum to amend the Constitution.Do you have a comment to make?Zhao Lijian: China congratulates Kazakhstan on successfully holding the referendum on amending the Constitution.As a friendly neighbor and a permanent global strategic partner, China firmly supports Kazakhstan in pursuing a development path consistent with its national conditions.China is convinced that under the leadership of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the Kazakh people will gain greater achievements in building the "New Kazakhstan".