China on Friday called on the US to jointly shoulder responsibilities as major countries and engage in positive interactions on regional and international platforms.

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the remarks at a routine press briefing in response to a question regarding the meeting between the Chinese and US heads of state.

"As President Xi Jinping pointed out during the meeting, China and the US should engage in positive interaction on regional and international platforms. The world today is confronted with many tough problems. China and the US can jointly shoulder our responsibility as major countries and work together to accomplish more great and concrete things for the good of our two countries and the whole world," Guo said.

Guo also noted that China "consistently pursues an independent foreign policy of peace." As the largest developing country, a partner of the Non-Aligned Movement, and a member of the Global South, China always "stands on the side of the vast number of developing countries."

China will continue to uphold genuine multilateralism, work with other nations to safeguard the multilateral trading system with the WTO at its core, adhere to the UN Charter and the basic norms of international relations, and promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization, thereby injecting greater certainty and stability into the world, Guo added.