China is willing to play a constructive role in promoting dialogue and de-escalation between Thailand and Cambodia over their recent border tensions, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

He hoped both sides would handle the matter through dialogue and consultation in a spirit of goodwill, aiming to de-escalate tensions and restore stability at an early date.

China will maintain an objective and impartial stance and play a constructive role in promoting peaceful relations between the two countries, he added.

That came as Wang said on Thursday that China is willing to work with Thailand to push the building of a community with a shared future to higher levels as the two countries celebrated the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

Wang told his Thai counterpart, Maris Sangiampongsa, during their meeting on the sidelines of the Asean Foreign Ministers' Meetings that Beijing firmly supports Bangkok in its pursuit of a development path suited to its national conditions and has always placed bilateral relations as a priority in its neighbourhood diplomacy.

He called for enhanced alignment of development strategies and further integration of interests between the two sides and the forging of new growth engines in areas such as digital economy, artificial intelligence, cross-border e-commerce and green development to support the modernization efforts of both countries.

He also urged speeding up the construction of the China-Thailand railway to leverage flagship projects in order to promote the vision of interconnected development of China, Laos and Thailand.

On trade, Wang said the United States, by unilaterally imposing tariffs, has undermined the free trading system and disrupted global industrial and supply chains and expressed confidence that Thailand and its fellow Asean members will safeguard their legitimate interests and resist unilateralism, power politics and acts of bullying. (Xinhua)