Members of the Chinese medical expert team in Serbia visit a clinic in Belgrade, Serbia on April 11, 2020. (Chinese medical expert team in Serbia / handout via Xinhua)
China will continue to offer help and support in Serbia’s fight against coronavirus disease, said Chinese President Xi Jinping.
BEIJING, April 14th (Xinhua). Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that in the face of the COVID-19 challenge, China and Serbia have once again demonstrated their brotherly bond and sincere friendship with concrete measures.
He made the remarks in a telephone conversation with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.
Relations between China and Serbia are the deepest type of relationship between countries, Xi stressed, adding that the Chinese side empathizes with the COVID-19 threat that the Serbian people are currently facing.
Noting that China has provided Serbia with much-needed medical and protective supplies and dispatched high-level medical experts to the European country, he said China will continue to provide help and support for Serbia’s fight against coronavirus disease.
Medical supplies donated by China and its companies will be unloaded from an airplane in Belgrade, Serbia on March 26, 2020. (Xinhua / Shi Zhongyu)
Xi said he believed that the brave Serbian people, under the strong leadership of Vucic, would certainly overcome the epidemic early.
The deep and special friendship between China and Serbia was forged with blood and will, Xi emphasized, adding that whatever risks and challenges they may be, the iron friendship between the two countries would only be indestructible.
China is ready to work with Serbia to unshakably maintain international morality and to press for solidarity and cooperation from the international community.
Xi said he was confident that the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Serbia will usher in a brighter future by testing the joint fight against COVID-19.
He also expressed his sincere hope that friendship between China and Serbia will flourish forever.
Members of the Chinese medical expert team in Serbia pose for a group photo at their residence in Belgrade, Serbia, April 12, 2020. (Chinese medical expert team in Serbia / Handout via Xinhua)
For his part, Vucic said he was genuinely glad that China got COVID-19 under control at home.
China offered a helping hand when the Serbian people were in trouble and the Chinese medical team in particular has provided great support and assistance in epidemic prevention and control in Serbia, he said, adding that his country will always remember this.
Noting that China has given the Serbian people hope of defeating the epidemic, he stressed that regardless of the difficulties and challenges encountered, the Serbian people will always be a sincere and reliable iron friend of the Chinese people.
The Serbian President said his country would do its best to take good care of Chinese nationals in Serbia and he was ready to keep in close contact with Xi.
He also wished the two countries an eternal friendship. ■
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