Ministry: US not qualified to be 'model of democracy'

China said on Tuesday that the United States is not eligible to claim itself as being a "model of democracy", as it opposed attempts by the US to stoke division and confrontation to serve its hegemonic agenda.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remark at a daily news briefing while referring to sound criticism and suggestions regarding US-style democracy from the global academic circle.

Andrey Kortunov, director general of the Russian International Affairs Council, said, "The 'Summit for Democracy' attempts to turn the multicolor modern world into black and white divisions."