China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation Centre starts journey
Diplomatic Correspondent
China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Center was officially launched in Chongqing recently.
Assistant Foreign Minister of China Wu Jianghao, Chongqing Vice Mayor Cai Yunge, Supervision Officer of National Administration for Rural Revitalization Li Yue, and ambassadors of South Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka to China attended and addressed the ceremony held on July 8.
Wu Jianghao said in his remarks, General Secretary Xi Jinping solemnly declared at a Ceremony Marking the Centenary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) that China has brought about a historic resolution to the problem of absolute poverty in China.
Posted on April 30th, 2021
By P.K.Balachandran Courtesy NewsIn.Asia
Colombo, April 30 (South Asian Monitor): Sri Lanka and China vowed on Wednesday to enhance pragmatic cooperation in all sectors between the two countries, including the military, China’s official agency Xinhua reported.
The pledge came after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense, Wei Fenghe,
Closely following the pragmatic cooperation in the military field between the two countries, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hoped that the two militaries will carry out closer exchanges so as to further lift the level of pragmatic cooptation.” The Sri Lankan President is also the Defense Minister of Sri Lanka.
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FMs of 6 nations urge ‘equity’ in Covid-19 vaccine distribution
April 29, 2021
The foreign ministers of Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka have agreed upon distribution of Covid-19 vaccine in accordance with the “principle of equity and justice”.
Terming the vaccine as “key weapon to defeat Covid-19”, the foreign ministers expressed that “vaccine nationalism” would hinder the global efforts to defeat the pandemic and underscored the need to avoid the “immunity gap”.
In a joint statement issued on Wednesday by the Foreign Office, the foreign ministers held a video conference on joint response to Covid-19, and exchanged views on international and regional cooperation on pandemic response and post-COVID economic recovery.