BEIJING: China, Japan and South Korea (SK) have well explained their profound friendship that enables them to work together to get through difficult times as they are making all-out efforts to combat the sudden outbreak of the novel coronavirus with multiple measures to mitigate the negative impacts on the economy, said Cao Jing, Deputy Secretary-General of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS).
She made the remarks during a recent interview with People’s Daily. “Their collaboration to combat the epidemic will inject new impetus to deepening their cooperation,” Cao said.
Cao told People’s Daily that the virus respects no borders, but neighboring countries care about each other. The heads of state and foreign ministers of the three countries have exchanged views on and pointed direction for enhancing cooperation to fight the epidemic through phone calls, visits and meetings. Japan and South Korea have lent a helping hand to China in the fight against the epidemic. Despite its own short supplies of emergency materials, China has offered nucleic acid test reagents and masks for Japan and South Korea, Cao introduced. “Though oceans apart, we’re under the same moon” – the line that recently went viral is a highlight of the cooperation among the three countries, she said.
Cao believes that the cooperation and assistance in disasters are the sincerest. By offering timely assistance and extending the caring, the people of the three countries have released a strong signal to join hands to defeat the virus, protect their health, and promote regional health security, she said.
She holds that global countries are a community with a shared future in the era of globalization where they co-exist and co-develop, adding that the viruses are a public enemy of the entire human race, and no one is able to resist them alone.
– The Daily Mail-People’s Daily News exchange item
