China will not seek hegemony and expansion in the world, instead, Beijing will focus on enhancing such universal values as peace, development, equality, justice, democracy and freedom, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ukraine reports.
“China will never strive for hegemony and expansion, but will increase human values such as peace, development, equality, justice, democracy and freedom. China will adhere to the full implementation of strict party discipline and promote the fight against corruption with zero tolerance and without the slightest connivance,” the embassy said in a statement dedicated to the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
It notes that the Congress was attended by 2,296 delegates on behalf of more than 96 million members of the CPC.
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, made a speech at the Congress, summarizing the major transformations and great achievements made in China over the past 10 years, including celebrating the centenary of the founding of the CPC, ushering in a new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and accomplishing the task of to combat absolute poverty and comprehensively build a moderately prosperous society.
“The report noted that China’s economic power has made a historic leap, with a total economic capacity of 18.5% of the world economy. The report presented the successful methods that China needs to follow for further development, and also described China’s grandiose plans and main political course for the development of China. for the next 5 years or longer, such as: improving the material condition and well-being of the people, improving their quality of life, promoting “green” development, increasing the importance of developing the state through science and education, building up state power through highly qualified personnel, as well as accelerating the creation world-class army,” the embassy stressed.
They note that, according to the report of the General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, China will never seek hegemony and expansion in the world.
In addition, the report also clearly presented the central task of the Chinese Communist Party to lead the country’s multi-ethnic people unitedly on the road to building a “prosperous and powerful, democratic and cultural, harmonious and beautiful socialist modernized state, and through Chinese-style modernization to comprehensively promote great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”
“The China National Congress of the CCP, which is held every 5 years, is the most important meeting that pushes forward the building of the CCP, as well as development and reform in China. Since China has already successfully realized the first century goal of comprehensively building a moderately prosperous society and embarked on a new historical path to achieve the goal of the second century, this Congress is of paramount importance for the development of China,” the diplomatic mission concluded.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved an agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Indonesia on the mutual abolition of visa requirements.
As the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk said in the Telegram channel, the corresponding decision was made at a government meeting on Friday.
In particular, an agreement was signed between the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia on the mutual abolition of visa requirements.
The agreement provides for the possibility for citizens of the states of the contracting parties using valid passports to travel abroad to enter, transit and stay in the territory of the state of the other party without visas for a period of: up to 30 days during each visit of Ukrainian citizens to Indonesia; up to 30 days within 60 days for trips of citizens of the Republic of Indonesia to Ukraine.
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine, which also condemns the attempt of the Russian Federation to annex the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions of Ukraine.
The resolution calls on countries not to recognize Russia’s claims to the four regions of Ukraine claimed by Russia after the so-called referendums held late last month, and demands that Moscow change course from an “illegal annexation attempt,” according to a press release posted on the website. UN.
The resolution, “protecting the principles” of the UN Charter, notes that the Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporozhye regions are temporarily occupied by Russia as a result of aggression, violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and political independence of Ukraine.
The General Assembly automatically brought the resolution to the discussion caused by Russia’s use of the right of veto in the Security Council in connection with the attempted annexation.
The resolution adopted by the Assembly calls on all states, the UN and international organizations not to recognize any claims of Russia for annexation and demands the immediate cancellation of its application for annexation. The resolution welcomes and “expresses strong support” for the continued efforts of the Secretary-General and Member States to de-escalate the current situation in search of peace through dialogue, negotiation and mediation.
According to the broadcast from the General Assembly hall, 143 out of 193 participants voted in favor, 35 countries abstained (Algeria, Armenia, Bolivia, Burundi, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Pakistan, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe), voted 5 against (Belarus, DPRK , Nicaragua, Russia and Syria).
First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko invited Oman to consider the possibility of participating in the restoration of Ukrainian regions affected by Russian aggression.
According to the press service of the office of the Verkhovna Rada, Kornienko made such a proposal during a meeting with a delegation headed by Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Sultanate of Oman Khalid Al-Maawali at the site of the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Kigala (Rwanda).
He also called for the creation of inter-parliamentary friendship groups.
“The creation of inter-parliamentary friendship groups will be an important first step to enhance cooperation between the legislative bodies of Ukraine and Oman,” Kornienko said.
The First Deputy Speaker of the Ukrainian Parliament invited members of the Omani delegation to take part in the first parliamentary summit of the Crimea Platform in Zagreb at the end of October.
The international reserves of Ukraine as of October 1, 2022, according to preliminary data, amounted to $23 billion 929.6 million (in equivalent), which is 5.9% less than at the beginning of September ($25.436 billion), according to the data of the National Bank of Ukraine, released on Thursday.
“As of October 1, 2022, Ukraine’s international reserves, according to preliminary data, amounted to $23.929 billion. In September, they decreased by 5.9%, taking into account the sale of foreign currency by the National Bank on the interbank market, including to meet defense needs and payments of Ukrainians abroad. At that At the same time, steady receipts from international partners continue to keep international reserves at a sufficient level, despite a full-scale war,” the regulator explained.
The regulator clarified that net international reserves in September decreased by 4.6%, or $736 million, to $15.181 billion, while in August their growth was 26.6%, or $3 billion 342 million (to $15.917 billion).
According to the National Bank, in September the dynamics of international reserves was affected by operations to manage public debt. In particular, foreign exchange receipts to the accounts of the Ukrainian government with the NBU in September amounted to $2.034 billion, including from the United States – $1.5 billion, from the EU – $482 million, from the placement of government bonds – $51.7 million.
The total volume of board payments for servicing and repaying state debt in foreign currency amounted to $65.1 million, including $63 million directed to repay debt to international creditors, $2.1 million – to service government bonds.
In addition, Ukraine transferred $624.6 million to the IMF.
International reserves were also affected by NBU operations on the interbank market. In particular, they sold $2.777 billion on the foreign exchange market and bought $39.4 million into reserves, due to which the balance of interventions was negative and amounted to $2.728 billion.
In addition, the reserves were affected by the revaluation of financial instruments, in particular, their decrease by $115.5 million.
“The current volume of international reserves provides funding for 3.7 months of future imports, which is enough to meet the obligations of Ukraine and the current operations of the government and the National Bank,” Certrobank said.
As reported, at the beginning of 2022, Ukraine’s international reserves amounted to $30.941 billion, net international reserves (NIR) – $20.767 billion.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will open a dialogue with Ukraine on its accession following a request from Kyiv, OECD Secretary General Matthias Kormann said in a statement on Wednesday.
“After a request received from Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to start the process of Ukraine’s accession to the OECD, the OECD Council decided to recognize Ukraine as a potential member of the organization,” it says.
Norman noted that after the completion of initial consultations on this issue, the OECD Council will consider opening discussions on accession and preparing a draft roadmap.
