Brzezinski: Harmonious world a good platform for U.S.-China co-op

Source: Xinhua | 01-14-2009 08:03

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- The United States and China should broaden their cooperation, and China's notion of a "harmonious world" would be a good platform for U.S.-China cooperation, former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski told reporters here Tuesday.

"Thirty years ago, we had a common threat in the Soviet Union and therefore we had a strategic interest in coming together. Today we have a common interest in preventing massive instability and conflict in the world" and making the world function within a restructured international system, he said.

"That's a new common interest," Brzezinski said.

Brzezinski came to Beijing for a series of events that began Monday to mark the 30th anniversary of China-U.S. diplomatic relations.

"The notion of harmony, which China proposed, is exactly the right response to the danger of a clash of civilizations," Brzezinski said.

He emphasized that the concept of harmony was the only way to have a "decently stable and increasingly just world."

The notion of a harmonious world is a very good way to achieve the peaceful co-existence of countries with different cultural backgrounds, he added.