Cold War style is still affecting world: Xi

President Xi Jinping has asserted that the ‘Cold War Style’ is still affecting the world and the geo-political situation is getting tense. In his address to the open plenary session of the 15th BRICS Summit in the South African city of Johannesburg, Xi said that BRICS countries should keep to the direction of peaceful development and consolidate the strategic partnership of the bloc. We should expand political and security cooperation to uphold peace and tranquillity. The Cold War mentality is still haunting our world and the geo-political situation is getting tense. BRICS countries should keep to the direction of peaceful development and consolidate the BRICS strategic partnership. We need to make good use of the BRICS Foreign ministers’ meeting, a meeting of high representatives on national security and other mechanism; support each other on our core interests and enhance coordination on major international and regional issues. We need to tender good offices on hotspot issues pushing for a political settlement and lowering the temperature…,” Xi Jinping said. Xi further added by saying that China will also seek to construct the BRICS framework for industrial cooperation. At the plenary session, Xi said, “China will also work with all parties to jointly establish the BRICS framework on industrial cooperation for sustainable development…,” and further stated that “BRICS countries need to champion the spirit of inclusiveness.” “…Human history will not end with a particular civilisation or system. BRICS countries need to champion the spirit of inclusiveness and advocate peaceful coexistence and harmony between civilisations,” Xi said. “We should respect all modernisation paths that each country chooses on its own and oppose ideological rivalry, systemic confrontation and clash of civilisations,” Xi added.