According to Reuters on December 7, Costa Rica** Rodrigo Chávez used the so-called cybersecurity and espionage issues as an "excuse" when referring to why Huawei was previously banned from operating 5G mobile data networks in the country. The Chinese Embassy in Colombia strongly refuted this, stating that such accusations were "baseless".
On December 6, Chavez argued at a regular press conference that his focus was on promoting the company, while also claiming that "China requires Chinese companies to provide it with all the information it needs."
Huawei is located in a country that lacks a solid legal framework to prevent espionage," Chávez said.
The Chinese Embassy in Costa Rica issued a statement in response, saying that Colombia's remarks were groundless and that he "firmly denied" the alleged criminal acts. The Chinese embassy stresses that China opposes the politicization of scientific and other technical issues.
Previously, in mid-October, when Costa Rica's Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications and other ministers disregarded the basic facts and made inappropriate remarks, our embassy pointed out that the relevant remarks seriously affected the confidence and expectations of Chinese enterprises in Colombia's economic and trade activities, and damaged the good momentum of development of relations between the two countries.
On February 27, 2023 local time, in Barcelona, Spain, at the opening ceremony of the Mobile World Congress held at the International Convention and Exhibition Center, Huawei's 5G logo was displayed at the booth. Picture from Visual China.
According to the report, Costa Rica is currently committed to developing a 5G mobile network with stronger connections, faster speeds and greater capacity.
In August, Richardson, the commander of the U.S. Southern Command, made a series of false statements about China during his visit to the country and questioned whether Huawei was "suitable" to participate in the country's 5G.
At that time, the Chinese Embassy in Colombia responded that Latin American and Caribbean countries are independent sovereign states, not the backyard of the United States. Countries and peoples in the region have the wisdom and ability to choose partners that serve their own interests. China is ready to work with Latin American and Caribbean countries to promote equality, mutual benefit and common development of China-Latin America and the Caribbean relations for the better benefit of the Chinese and Latin American peoples.
Shortly after Richardson's fallacy, Chavez signed a decree prohibiting companies from countries that are not party to the Convention on Cybercrime from participating in Costa Rica's 5G build-out. The ban applies to technology companies in countries such as China, South Korea, Russia and Brazil.
It is reported that Huawei has previously appealed and is currently providing other telecommunications services to Costa Rica**. The country's Constitutional Court has yet to rule on the unfair treatment suffered by Huawei.
In April this year, Costa Rica's **Chavez was interviewed by CCTV: "In some fields, in terms of technological frontiers, China can export more and more to Costa Rica and transfer technology. The picture comes from CCTV News.
Costa Rica is the first Central American country to establish diplomatic relations with China in the new century.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 2007, exchanges between the two countries have set a number of "firsts": Costa Rica is not only the first Central American country to establish diplomatic relations with China in the new century, but also the first Central American country to establish a strategic partnership with China and the first Central American country to sign a package of free trade agreements with China. In September 2018, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative.
According to the statistics of China Customs, the total amount of China and Colombia in 2022 will be 437.8 billion US dollars, of which China's exports are 236.9 billion US dollars, with an import value of 200.9 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of2% and 1464%。China mainly exports electrical and electronic products, motor vehicles and parts, machinery and equipment, cotton textiles and plastic products, etc.;Imported electrical and electronic products, medical equipment, beef, etc.
The so-called Convention on Cybercrime (also known as the Budapest Convention) is the world's first international convention on cybercrime, and China has not yet acceded to it.
Article 32(b) of the Convention provides that countries may directly obtain data from other countries across borders without the consent of the data authorities of other countries. Some commentators have pointed out that this clause makes it impossible to guarantee national sovereignty, and also leaves a gap for violating human rights and freedoms and violating users' privacy rights.
According to an article in the quarterly journal Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Society of People's Diplomacy, the main reason why China has not yet joined the convention stems from China's high concern about cyberspace sovereignty, judicial independence, jurisdiction, and data security management rights.
In September 2020, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi proposed the Global Initiative on Data Security, which emphasized that we should respect the sovereignty, jurisdiction and management rights of other countries, and should not directly obtain data from enterprises or individuals.
This article is sourced from: Observer.com.