Xinhua|E-diplomacy in a month — dialing in to Xi’s vision for post-pandemic world

:原题为_Xinhua|E-diplomacy in a month — dialing in to Xi’s vision for post-pandemic world。
In June 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping made four overseas trips to five countries in just one month, setting a record in the diplomatic history of the People's Republic of China.
This June, conventional face-to-face diplomacy has been put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic, but with a virtual summit and a meeting attended, telephone conversations with foreign leaders conducted, letters written and speeches made, Xi's diplomatic schedule remained tight.
Xinhua|E-diplomacy in a month — dialing in to Xi’s vision for post-pandemic world
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Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 and delivers a keynote speech at the summit in Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
During the month, Xi interacted with a long list of foreign leaders from countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific islands, in which he called for solidarity against the pandemic, efforts to support economic recovery, and building a global community of health for all.
Cooperation powerful weapon against pandemic
During the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 held on June 17 via video link, Xi said solidarity and cooperation are "the most powerful weapon" against COVID-19.
In phone conversations and letter exchanges with foreign leaders, Xi urged countries to coordinate efforts and support each other in fighting the common enemy of humanity.
With a "people first, life first" principle and a cooperative mindset, he also vowed China's support for other countries.
"China will continue to offer firm support for Costa Rica's fight against COVID-19 as the coronavirus disease outbreak remains serious in Latin America," Xi told his Costa Rican counterpart Carlos Alvarado on June 5, in one of those conversations.
With openness, transparency and a sense of responsibility, China has pursued and promoted international cooperation in its COVID-19 response and has done everything to the best of its ability to support the international fight against the outbreak, Xi said in a congratulatory letter to the China-Arab States Political Parties Dialogue Extraordinary Meeting held on June 22.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, China has been particularly concerned about the needs of developing countries. At the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity against COVID-19 held on June 17, Xi pledged to continue providing material assistance to African countries, dispatch medical experts, start ahead of schedule the construction of the Africa CDC headquarters this year, and speed up the construction of China-Africa Friendship Hospitals and the cooperation between paired-up Chinese and African hospitals.
Coordination vital for global economic recovery
Few signs show that the COVID-19 pandemic is ebbing, as the global caseload has surpassed 10 million, and countries like the United States is reporting over 50,000 new cases a day.


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