CAIRO, July 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Cairo-based Arab League received, on Sunday, a batch of anti-COVID-19 medical aid from China.
The aid shipment was delivered to Arab League officials, at the pan-Arab organisation headquarters in Cairo, by Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang.
“After the eruption of the virus, China provided a large number of medical materials for Arab countries, shared the experience and technology of combating the virus,” Liao told reporters.
China has held video conferences of health experts with 21 Arab countries and dispatched medical teams to eight Arab countries, he said.
China also assisted Arab countries in procuring anti-virus materials in China and supported the orderly resumption of production in Arab countries, the Chinese ambassador added.
Liao expressed China’s hopes to work with Arab countries, to enhance mutual political trust, deepen win-win cooperation, build a China-Arab community of shared future in a new era, and promote China-Arab strategic partnership to a new level.
Hossam Zaki, assistant secretary general of the Arab League, expressed gratitude for China’s medical aid.
“This reflects the depth of cooperation and friendship between the Arab League and China, especially in light of the current circumstances and challenges the world faces,” he said.
The shipment contains several types of face masks, he said, adding, this comes in the framework of enhancing mutual cooperation between the two sides, to combat the spread of the virus.– NNN-XINHUA
