By Zweli Martin Dlamini

PRETORIA:Wang Wenbin,the Spokesperson in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs says, the recent United Nations(UN) proposal by China to the United Nations(UN) Security Council “is meant to strengthen global peace and stability” while implementing the Global Security Initiative.

Responding to the Global Times,the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson said China,as one of the safest countries with the lowest crime rate and the fewest gun and bomb attacks “is ready to use the ratification of the Firearms Protocol as an opportunity to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with all parties in the field of small arms and light weapons, with an emphasis on enhancing relevant capacity building of developing countries” while taking concrete steps to practice the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind.

“As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible member of the international community, China is ready to use the ratification of the Firearms Protocol as an opportunity to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with all parties in the field of small arms and light weapons, with an emphasis on enhancing relevant capacity building of developing countries, and take concrete steps to practice the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind.The Chinese government always puts our people and their lives above all else and has been emphasizing the multiple challenges that gun proliferation has brought to socioeconomic development of countries and to regional and international peace and stability.The ratification of the Firearms Protocol is yet another major step taken by China to implement the Global Security Initiative, practice multilateralism and uphold international and regional peace and stability.China is one of the safest countries with the lowest crime rate and the fewest gun and bomb attacks. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a responsible member of the international community, China is ready to use the ratification of the Firearms Protocol as an opportunity to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with all parties in the field of small arms and light weapons, with an emphasis on enhancing relevant capacity building of developing countries, and take concrete steps to practice the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind,” said the Spokesperson in Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.