Wang Yi defends himself against so-called vaccine diplomacy: we choose to benefit the world_Xinhua News

On March 23, 2021, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov jointly met with reporters in Guilin, Guangxi. A journalist asked that China and Russia are providing vaccines to dozens of countries. Some people make irresponsible comments that China is involved in “vaccine diplomacy” and that Russia is expanding its own influence. What is your comment?

Wang Yi said that the new coronavirus is the common enemy of all mankind. As the most effective weapon against the virus, vaccines should best benefit more people in the world. President Xi Jinping solemnly declared that China is willing to use the new crown vaccine as a global public product and make China’s contribution to realizing the accessibility and affordability of the vaccine in developing countries. China is fulfilling this commitment with practical actions, we support and actively participate in the international cooperation of the COVID-19 vaccine and we join the “Implementation Plan of the New Vaccine against Coronary Pneumonia”. According to the requirements of various countries, we have already provided and are providing vaccine assistance to 80 countries, and we are also exporting vaccines to 47 countries. At present, more than 70 countries have successively licensed the use of Chinese vaccines, and several countries have widely recognized the safety and efficacy of Chinese vaccines.

Wang Yi said that it is understood that Russian vaccines have also been registered and used in more than 50 countries and are receiving more attention and support. We sincerely hope that all countries will strengthen coordination and cooperation in vaccine research and development, production and distribution, so that vaccines can truly become a public product of universal access and truly become a “vaccine. popular “that can be affordable for all people. countries. We are ready to make more “China-Russia contributions” to curb the cross-border spread of the epidemic and protect the life and health of all mankind.

Wang Yi stressed that it is not so much that China is planning a “new crown vaccine diplomacy”, it is better to say that China is practicing “humanitarian action”. Contrary to the selfishness of some large countries and the hoarding of vaccines in large quantities, our original intention is to vaccinate more people against the new crown as soon as possible. Our hope is that human society will emerge from the haze of the epidemic as soon as possible. China and Russia chose not to be alone, but to benefit the world. When the epidemic broke out last year, some people politicized and labeled the epidemic to reject the pandemic, which was unanimously condemned by the people of all countries. What I want to say today is that when the vaccine is fully developed and used, we must also be careful of someone who politicizes and labels the vaccine. Countries must unite to resist various forms of “vaccine nationalism” and must work together to close the “immunization gap” that should not have arisen, and vaccines from all countries must be able to function as public products.