Source: Overseas Network
Overseas Network, April 1st According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Cambodia, on the night of March 31, the Cambodian government held a ceremony at Phnom Penh International Airport to welcome the second batch of new crown vaccines provided free of charge by the Chinese government and military. . Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Thi Banh and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian delivered speeches at the ceremony respectively. Cambodian Minister of Health Meng Wenxing, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Army Ong Bizi, Defense Attaché of the Embassy in Cambodia Li Jingfeng, Economic and Commercial Counselor Wu Guoquan and others attended the event.
Deputy Prime Minister Banh, on behalf of the Cambodian government and people, expressed his most sincere gratitude to the Chinese government and people for their generous support and selfless help to Cambodia. He said that vaccination is an important strategy for the Cambodian government to combat the COVID-19 epidemic and protect people's lives, and it will help reduce the impact of the epidemic on Cambodia's economy and society. After the COVID-19 vaccine donated by China arrived on February 7, the Cambodian government immediately organized emergency vaccination for key groups and made every effort to ensure the timely and effective use of the vaccine donated by China. China's aid of vaccines has played an irreplaceable and important role in the Cambodian government's anti-epidemic work. China’s second batch of donated vaccines will surely make a positive contribution to Cambodia’s epidemic prevention and control and become another vivid example of the iron-clad friendship between Cambodia and China.
Ambassador Wang said that there is currently a partial rebound in the spread of the epidemic in Cambodia. As a "die-hard" friend and a community with a shared future, China regards the challenges and difficulties faced by Cambodia as its own challenges and difficulties, and is willing to work with Cambodia to firmly promote the China-Cambodia fight against the epidemic. We will continue to cooperate with each other until Cambodia completely defeats the epidemic. In the face of global pandemics like COVID-19, China has always adhered to the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, actively fulfilled its commitment to make COVID-19 vaccines a global public good, fully played its role as the largest supplier of anti-epidemic materials in the world, and contributed to building a community of human health. made a positive contribution.
Ambassador Wang spoke highly of the relations between the Chinese and Cambodian militaries and believed that strengthening cooperation between the two militaries is an important part of the construction of a community with a shared future between China and Cambodia. The Chinese Ministry of National Defense has donated vaccines to the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense twice, which fully reflects the Chinese military’s deep brotherly friendship with the Royal Cambodian Army.
