Beijing, March 18th—The Chinese People's Association for Peace and Disarmament held here today on the afternoon the 13th dialogue between Chinese and European scholars, under the theme of "the prospects for lasting peace in Europe: ideals and reality". Lu Kang, Vice-minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, attended and addressed the function. 

Lu said as the world has entered a new period of turbulence and change, achieving lasting peace and security is the common expectation of governments and peoples of all countries. On the Ukraine crisis, China has been playing an active role in achieving peace and supporting the building of a balanced, effective and sustainable European security framework. 

Lu noted, President Xi Jinping proposed building a community with a shared future for mankind and the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative, offering China's solution to improving global governance. The Chinese side is willing to work with the European side to jointly maintain world peace and stability, practice multilateralism, promote win-win cooperation, and steer the world towards a bright future of peace, security, and prosperity. 

Representatives from security think tanks from the United Kingdom and other European countries, along with officials and scholars from the China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences attended the dialogue. They believed that the current international situation is turbulent and intertwined. And the relationship between major countries, geopolitics, and trends of thought affect the evolution of the security situation in Europe and the construction of the regional security architecture. People of all countries share the same future. And win-win cooperation is the right choice. They positively evaluated the Global Security Initiative and the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind proposed by President Xi Jinping, calling for strengthening concept exchanges and adhering to solidarity and mutual assistance. They expressed the willingness to take the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War as an opportunity to further gather broad consensus on protecting peace and promote lasting peace and common security in the world.