Chinese FM meets co-chairs of negotiations on UNSC reform

CGTN, March 1 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Tareq M. A. M. Al-banai and Alexander Marschik, cochairs of the Intergovernmental Negotiations (IGN) on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Reform of the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly, in Beijing on Wednesday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that as the first founding member to have signed the UN Charter and a permanent member of the UNSC, China has always firmly upheld the authority of the UN and supported the central role of the UN in international affairs.

In a world that is undergoing both transformation and upheaval, countries expect the UN to effectively play a leading role in addressing glo...