BEIJING, August 20 (INP): China strongly opposes confrontation in State-to-State relationship, while wishing to settle it's disputes with USA.

This was stated by the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Zhao Lijian in a statement at a news briefing.

The statement said, " It is our consistent belief that China and the US both stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation.

Our cooperation can benefit the two countries and the whole world, while confrontation between us undermines the interests of the international community.

A sound and steady China-US relationship bears on the current and future development of China, the US and the world at large, and meets the shared aspiration of people in China, the US and across the globe.

The reason why China-US relations have encountered serious difficulties is that the US government unilaterally stirred up troubles and through its words and deeds interfered in China's internal affairs, undermined

China's interests and damaged China-US bilateral ties. Driven by selfish motives, a small number of US politicians have been instigating anti-China sentiments, antagonism and confrontation.

Such retrogressive moves, unpopular as they are, have been and will continue to be strongly criticized and rejected by visionary people in China and the US, as well as peace-loving people all over the world.

We urge certain US politicians to take into account the well-being of people in China, the US and all other countries, heed the call of the international community, abandon the outdated Cold-War mindset, view China and China-US relations in an objective manner.

USA should work with China to bring China-US relations back on the track of coordination, cooperation and stability and to jointly safeguard world peace, stability and development."

INP/Javed