China’s Health Silk Road paves way to Covid-19 recovery - Asia Times
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A virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of China, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal on July 27 became the third vector of Beijing’s “Silk Road of Health” diplomacy in Asia. A Xinhua report on the event said China proposed that the four countries should “consolidate consensus of solidarity against Covid-19, carry out joint cooperation mechanisms on Covid-19 response in the region, enhance cooperation in the fight against the pandemic and in [developing a] vaccine, and accelerate economic recovery and development after the pandemic.” The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nepal conveyed their willingness “to deepen cooperation with China to fight Covid-19, ensure the flow of trade and transport corridors, facilitate people-to-people and trade connection, build a ‘silk road of health’ and community of a shared future for humanity.”
The Silk Road of Health was first publicly mentioned by Chinese President Xi Jinping during a 2016 speech in Uzbekistan. Its first stepping stones are coming into view with the articulation of China’s Covid-19 response under the Belt and Road Initiative’s expansive umbrella
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