China will hold the Conference Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence on Friday, June 28, in Beijing, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on June 25.
Under a picture of then-Premier Zhou Enlai announcing the Five Principles in his speech to the 1955 Bandung Conference (the Asian-African Conference) in Indonesia, Global Times reported that Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning briefed the media concerning the conference and other commemorative events. The principles are: “mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.”
Global Times reports: “The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence have been widely accepted and recognized by countries across the world. They have become an important norm governing contemporary international relations, the spokesperson added.
“The commemorative events include a commemorative conference, a luncheon and parallel forums. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the conference and deliver a speech, and Premier Li Qiang will preside over the conference, she said.
