Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Under the banner of democracy, the party is a fake democracy and a real hegemony

Beijing, September 2 (Reporter Li Zhaodi) According to reports, Russian President Putin said when talking about the situation in Afghanistan a few days ago that the essence of the US military's 20 years in Afghanistan is to introduce so-called American norms and standards to Afghanistan on a large scale, including changing the local political structure, but these have caused losses and tragedies to the United States itself and the Afghan people. The results of the U.S. operation in Afghanistan are zero, even negative. Wang Wenbin said at the Foreign Ministry's regular press conference on the 2nd that the views discussed by President Putin deserve deep consideration by the US side.

Wang Wenbin said that there is no democratic form in the world that is fixed on one statue. All countries have the right to independently explore a development path that suits their national conditions and realities. The situation in Afghanistan shows that any external transplantation and imposition of a democratic model will only lead to chaos and instability, which will ultimately lead to failure.

Wang Wenbin said that democracy is a common value of all mankind, not a "patent" of a specific country. There is no "democratic leader" in the world, and no country is qualified to act as a "democratic teacher". Advocating the so-called "alliance of democratic countries" and hyping up the so-called "democratic confrontation with authoritarianism" narrative is essentially to use ideology and values as a tool to suppress other countries and promote geostrategicism under the banner of democracy, which is fake democracy and real hegemony. This kind of reversal of history will only lead to division and confrontation, and should be vigilant and resisted by all countries.

Wang Wenbin pointed out that he hopes that the US side will seriously reflect on it, learn lessons, stop selling its ideology and values to the outside world, stop frequently engaging in military intervention in other countries, stop creating divisions and confrontations in the international arena under the banner of human rights, and avoid repeating the mistakes of Afghanistan.