China offers vaccines to South Asia, says ‘ready to support’ India
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China’s international minister was talking on the fourth multilateral dialogue involving international locations in South Asia on coordinating their COVID-19 responses and financial recoveries
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday provided Chinese vaccines to international locations in South Asia to guarantee “a more diversified and stable” regional provide, and mentioned Beijing was additionally “ready to provide support and assistance” to India.
Mr. Wang was talking on the fourth multilateral dialogue involving international locations in South Asia on coordinating their COVID-19 responses and financial recoveries. The digital dialogue involving the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka marked China’s stepped up engagement within the area following the pandemic, and was the newest in a sequence of conferences involving all international locations in South Asia barring India, Bhutan and the Maldives.
China beforehand held a gathering of Foreign Ministers with Afghanistan, Nepal, and Pakistan, a dialogue with Vice Foreign Ministers involving Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, in addition to a gathering on the Director General degree of the six international locations that once more met on Tuesday.
Mr. Wang mentioned on the meet that China had “extended an invitation to India” and likewise expressed its sympathy and condolences amid the present COVID-19 surge. He mentioned China is “ready to provide support and assistance to the Indian people at any time according to the needs of India”.
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The Chinese Foreign Minister called on the six countries to work together in fighting against COVID-19 and said China was prepared to offer its vaccines through flexible arrangements to ensure “more diversified and stable” vaccine supplies for countries in South Asia. China has also raised a proposal of establishing an emergency reserve for supplies for South Asian countries.
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Mr. Wang called on the countries, all of which are involved in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, to explore “fast channels” to enable exchanges of people and commodities and said China would establish a poverty reduction development cooperation centre for South Asia to share its experiences.
Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali in a statement said the country supported the need for “an enhanced level of regional and international cooperation for COVID-19 response and economic recovery”. Nepal’s Foreign Ministry said China had agreed to provide Nepal “with an extra grant of medical tools and supplies equal to 5 million RMB [around Rs 5.7 crore] to complement nationwide efforts in preventing in opposition to COVID-19.”
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