BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) — The Summit of the Americas cannot simply serve the interests of the United States, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday, urging the United States to respect the sovereignty and dignity of Latin American countries.
Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks during a regular press briefing in response to a question regarding the possible exclusion of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the summit to be hosted by the United States in Los Angeles in June.
“The summit cannot only enforce US standards or serve US interests. It cannot be reduced to an American summit,” Zhao said.
“Next year will mark the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine proposed by the United States,” Zhao added, noting that the United States had failed to support Latin American countries and bullied them at will. .
The spokesperson said that the United States not only failed to be useful to Latin American countries, but also exploited them, imposed sanctions on them, exported inflation to them, had engaged in political interference, subversion of the regime and political assassination in those countries, and had even launched armed aggression against them.
Despite opposition from the international community and countries in the region, the United States persists in maintaining unilateral and illegal sanctions against certain Latin American countries, denigrates the legitimate actions of Latin American countries to cooperate with other countries to seek development, and lack basic respect for Latin American countries, Zhao continued.
“We hope the US side will earnestly respect the sovereignty and dignity of Latin American countries, and earnestly abide by the basic norms governing international relations,” he said, adding that there was no no place for the Monroe Doctrine in Latin America, or anywhere in the world. End
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