“The purpose of a global order is to have global stability, which we do not have. We need to realize that there is a lot we can do that benefits us in the global south, but we need to come together, we need to work together, and after that we can gain even more by having the global south cooperate with the global north. But the global north has not been favorable to the kind of cooperation that creates the stability that feels that everyone is gaining.
We don’t see anything in history that suggests that China has misused its strength. Rather, we have been benefitting from the cooperation and the attitude of bringing everybody to the table where everyone feels they are winning in the process, that is to my understanding, what China presents.
We will not avoid geopolitical competition that exists for a fact, and China being part of that, I think, presents a fair and balanced way of competing. The reduction of the misuse of the power held by the global north is very important and China has been contributing to that in many ways.” President Kagame | Doha Forum 2024