China’s Wang Yi tells UN multilateralism must be protected in swipe at US policies

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took a swipe at the United States at a press conference at the United Nations on Tuesday as he touted the need to safeguard multilateralism and the UN-charter" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="38449" data-entity-type="organization">UN Charter in times of great instability.“As we have seen for the recent period of time, the purposes of the UN-charter" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="38449" data-entity-type="organization">UN Charter have been disregarded, the basic norms of international relations have been undermined, and world peace and security are in great jeopardy,” Wang said, without mentioning the United States or US President Donald Trump by name.“At this critical juncture, we believe that the Security Council must step forward, and the Security Council must shoulder its responsibilities.”