China Ready to Unite with Global South Countries in Building Orderly Security Governance System

ADDIS ABABA, December 4, 2025 (ENA) — China remains committed to working alongside Africa to consolidate the influence of the Global South in building a just and orderly international security system, Wang Lixin, Security Cooperation Department Director-General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said.

 

Addressing a seminar under the theme, “Work Together to Build a Common Security: China and Africa in Action”, held in Addis Ababa today, she stressed that China and Africa need to strengthen peace and security cooperation to jointly create a peaceful and stable environment for their common development.

“China and Africa should join hands to amplify the voice of the global south and enhance the international influence as well as safeguard international justice aligned with China’s Global Security Initiative,” Lixin added.

She emphasized that lasting peace and security remain urgent priorities amid rising geopolitical tensions, major-power rivalry, and security challenges worldwide.

The Director-General noted that helping Africa address security challenges is a core component of building a shared future built on stability, development, and mutual respect.

 

 

Accordingly, Lixin underlined the importance of the Global Security Initiative's (GSI) - a Chinese vision emphasizing “common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, which continues to win strong support across Africa.

She stated China’s commitment to justice and fairness for African countries in global platforms.

The Director-General finally expressed China's readiness to work with the AU and African nations to build a community with lasting peace and universal security.

On his part, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special representative of the Secretary-General to the AU and Head of the UN Office to the AU, stated that unless the benefits of international cooperation become more tangible and equitable, global divisions will widen and conflicts will intensify.

He added that peace can only be realized if "we reaffirm and renew our commitment to the values and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, which among other things undertakes to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war."

“These are the values and principles that promote multilateralism, mutual respect, and international solidarity,” he added.

 

 

He welcomed China’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) and noted that the GSI upholds the central role of the United Nations in global security governance and encourages mediation, inclusive dialogue, and cooperative approaches to resolving disputes.

Onanga-Anyanga further highlighted the critical role of predictable and sustainable funding for AU-led peace support operations and could accelerate the AU’s “Silencing the Guns” agenda as well as enhancing the UN Security Council efforts.

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chairperson of AU Commission, Moussa Mohamed Omar,  said that the event comes at a critical moment for global governance as geopolitical fractures deepen, confidence in multilateralism erodes, and crises overtake the mechanisms designed to resolve them.

Africa’s partnerships with China, the United Nations, and other bilateral partners are built on mutual respect and shared interests rather than dependency, he elaborated.

Omar affirmed that Africa is open to deepening partnerships with all actors who recognize the continent’s strategic importance and support its role as a full participant in shaping global order.

“Africa will contribute to build another world where law will prevail over might, and where the UN Charter is not a variable text which cannot be interpreted in a different manner but will be respected by all,” he noted.