Jacques Cheminade Interviewed by CGTN on Xi-Biden Exchange

Nov. 18, 2021 (EIRNS)—On Nov. 17, Jacques Cheminade, President of the French political party Solidarité et Progrès, gave an interview to “Le Grand Journal” program of China’s CGTN Français TV network. The topic of discussion was the significance of the Nov. 15 virtual summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and American President Joe Biden, which took place at a time when Sino-American relations are at a crossroads. Cheminade, a long-time, close associate of the late American economist and statesman Lyndon LaRouche, and his wife, Schiller Institute founder and chairwoman Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the stressed the importance that discussions such as this taking place in an increasingly tense situation, even if agreements aren’t always reached. Cheminade emphasized the potential of the power of China working in concert with the U.S. power to change world relations based around mutual development, with a new international financial order. He named concrete areas of cooperation as being public health, counterterrorism, and the stabilization and development of Afghanistan, with an emphasis on working together for the good of other countries, exemplified by China’s Belt and Road Initiative.