Why are Pakistan Railways and Cambodia the first batch of fraternal troops to receive Chinese vaccines?
[Global Times-Global Network Reporter Guo Yuandan] On the 7th, the Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced that the first batch of foreign aid targets for the Chinese army’s new crown vaccine were Pakistan and Cambodia.
It is foreseeable that this is only the beginning, and more foreign military counterparts will be able to obtain Chinese vaccines in the future.
Following February 1, the first batch of China's foreign aid for the new crown vaccine arrived in Pakistan by a special plane of the Pakistan Air Force. The Chinese Ministry of National Defense announced on the afternoon of the 7th that the Pakistani army had become the first foreign army to receive aid from the Chinese army's new crown vaccine.
At the same time, the Cambodian army has also become the first foreign army to receive aid from the Chinese army's new crown vaccine. The picture shows that the "star plane" Yun-20 transported the vaccine to Cambodia.
Why are these two countries?
In fact, the press release of the Ministry of National Defense clearly points out: The first is to implement specific measures on the important declaration of vaccines as a global public product, which shows that China has the ability and willingness to assume the responsibilities of a major country; secondly, the assistance is for Pakistan and Cambodian troops. request.
Of course, the country that can become the first batch of foreign aid vaccines for the Chinese government and the Chinese military naturally reflects the deep friendship between China-Pakistan and China-Cambodia "hardcore" friends, and demonstrates the fine tradition of watching and helping each other.
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Nong Rong said in an interview with CCTV that China and Pakistan are "hardcore" brothers.
When the new crown epidemic was at its peak in March last year, the President of Pakistan visited China to express his support for China's fight against the epidemic.
At the same time, at the most difficult time for the Chinese people to fight the epidemic, the Cambodian Ministry of National Defense donated medical masks and protective clothing to the Chinese Ministry of National Defense. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen also visited Beijing to interpret the core meaning of the China-Cambodia community with a shared future.
On the afternoon of the 7th local time, the first batch of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine aided by China to Cambodia arrived in the capital of Phnom Penh. Hun Sen went to Phnom Penh International Airport to personally receive the Chinese vaccine.
On the 1st, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that China is providing vaccine assistance to 14 developing countries including Pakistan, Brunei, Nepal, and the Philippines. The next step is to provide vaccine assistance to 38 other developing countries in need.
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in 2020, the People's Liberation Army has actively carried out international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic with multiple defense departments and militaries. It is foreseeable that in the future, more military forces will receive Chinese vaccines.
Generally speaking, military diplomacy is a barometer of national diplomacy. As part of a country’s overall diplomacy, military diplomacy plays an important role in promoting mutual political trust between countries.
Zhou Bo, a researcher at the Strategy and Security Research Center of Tsinghua University and the former director of the Security Cooperation Center of the Office of International Military Cooperation of the Ministry of National Defense, told the Global Times on the 7th that the military diplomacy between the two militaries is closely related to the country’s foreign policy. The military will have deeper exchanges in multiple fields.
"In this case, just like a friend, the other party has needs, we have the ability, and we must give help. This is human nature. And the other party will also express gratitude, and the relationship will naturally deepen. ."
On the contrary, this is also one reason why China and the United States cannot cooperate in the new crown epidemic.
Zhou Bo believes that at present, the political atmosphere between China and the United States has not been eased. Under this atmosphere, it is difficult for the Chinese and American militaries to carry out substantive cooperation on the new crown epidemic.
From 2014 to 2015, China and the United States worked together to fight the Ebola virus in West Africa. However, in the field of vaccine supply related to the new crown epidemic, due to the certain competitive relationship between China and the United States, the cooperation between the two countries is more difficult.