Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 23-Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke with French President Macron on the evening of the 23rd.
Xi Jinping emphasized that since January this year, during the critical period of fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, I have three calls with Mr. President, which fully reflects our high level of mutual trust and the high level of Sino-French relations. The two countries carry forward the friendly tradition of sympathy and support to each other, assist each other in medical and epidemic prevention supplies, and set an example for people of all countries to help each other and overcome difficulties. I follow closely the current epidemic developments in Europe and France. The French side is taking a series of active and effective prevention and control measures. I offer my sincere condolences and firm support to the French government and people. China is willing to continue to provide support and assistance to France within its capacity.
Xi Jinping introduced the situation of China's epidemic prevention and control on request, and emphasized that China and France share the arduous responsibility of maintaining international and regional public health security. The two sides should cooperate sincerely, promote joint research projects, strengthen frontier health and quarantine cooperation, and support WHO Together, we will help African countries to better prevent and control the epidemic and work hard to build a health and health community. China is willing to work with France to promote relevant parties to strengthen coordination and cooperation under the framework of the United Nations, the Group of Twenty, etc., carry out joint prevention and control, improve global health governance, and help developing countries and other countries in need to strengthen capacity building and resist The impact of the epidemic on the world economy has allowed the sunshine of cooperation to dispel the haze of the epidemic.
Macron introduced the current situation of the domestic epidemic in France and related measures. Macron said that the Chinese government and the Chinese people have taken great courage and decisive measures to effectively control the epidemic in a short period of time, and I highly appreciate this. France sincerely thanks China for its valuable support and assistance. The French side is willing to carry out bilateral health cooperation with China and jointly promote the parties to strengthen cooperation within the multilateral frameworks such as the G20 and WHO to overcome the epidemic and deal with the impact of the epidemic on the world economy.
The two heads of state agreed to maintain close communication, promote bilateral exchanges and cooperation in various fields, ensure that China-France relations continue to develop at a high level, and maintain the stability of China-France, China-Europe industrial chain and supply chain.