The Chinese Government cherishes its friendship with Iran and takes it as a consistent and unswerving policy to actively develop China-Iran friendly relations and cooperation. It is of great significance and has been well received and supported in the world. In its long course of development, the human society has created different civilizations. Each civilization has its own advantages for it is a crystallization of human wisdom and an embodiment of the creativity and innovative spirit of human race. And each has its own place in history.
All civilizations are equal.
The diversities and differences among different ethnic groups, religions and civilizations should be adequately respected. It is these diversities and differences that make our world of nearly 200 countries and more than 2,500 ethnic groups so interesting and colorful. Different civilizations have learned from, exchanged with and accommodated one another. This has become an important driving force for their advancement. They should be encouraged to accommodate each other instead of discriminating against each other, engage in exchanges and dialogue with each other instead of excluding and confronting with each other, and live in peace with each other instead of coming into conflicts with each other on the basis of mutual respect, treating each other as equals and seeking common ground while putting aside differences.