Georgian Parliament Speaker says China’s peaceful policy increasingly respected globally

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said that China demonstrates how a country could pursue global influence and development without the use or threat of force, and that its peaceful approach to international relations is increasingly being recognised and respected worldwide.

Speaking in an interview with China’s CGTN, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament responded to a question about his public comments on what he described as unfair accusations against China and the importance of maintaining a balanced view of the country.

“For me and for Georgia, it's important to see where are those powers who support peaceful development, who support international role and rule law. And I think China, with its, I would say, historically developed stance towards peace, towards international law, shows that the development of a country can be achieved also, for a big country, can be achieved also without using force, threatening with force, or thinking that the only mean of the having a global part, being a global power, is to somehow being seen as a big military power”, he said.

Papuashvili noted that China’s approach demonstrates that peaceful policies can enhance a country’s international standing and influence.

“China shows that with the peaceful policy, with one can attract, one can, one can show that someone, the country is dedicated not only of development of itself, but development of the region around, development of the whole world, because we are part of the world which if, if there is one problem or conflict on one side of the continent or one side of the globe, it at the end will reflect also on the other side,” he added.

The Speaker further suggested that such an approach is likely to gain increasing global recognition.

“So therefore, China's peace policy, let's call it so, is something which I think will be respected more and more from different players globally”, Papuashvili noted.