[News] China pledges to provide more aid to Colombia to defeat coronavirus

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Colombia will receive two million vaccines from the Chinese Sinovac that should arrive on March 7.

A Chinese agency indicated that the president of that country, Xi Jinping, assured that his country "will continue to provide all possible support" to Colombia's fight against the coronavirus.

According to the official Xinhua news agency today, Xi conveyed to his Colombian counterpart, Iván Duque, China's intention to carry out "vaccine cooperation" with Colombia.

In a telephone conversation held on Thursday, the Chinese leader spoke of "solidarity" and "deep friendship" between the two countries in the context of the pandemic.

For his part, according to the Xinhua transcript, Duque thanked China's support since the beginning of the global expansion of the coronavirus, especially in relation to the supply of vaccines.

On Thursday, after talking with Xi, Duque announced that Colombia will receive two million vaccines from China Sinovac that should arrive on March 7, which will join the already arrived shipments of doses from that same firm (192,000 on a flight last Saturday) and other international companies such as Pfizer / BioNTech.

Beyond the issues related to the pandemic, Xinhua indicates that both leaders spoke of the positive development of bilateral ties, especially in trade and economic matters.

Among the areas in which ties can be developed in the near future, Xi highlighted energy, infrastructure or telecommunications while Duque focused on trade, economy, science or technology.