August 29, 2020

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday (French time) met with French President Emmanuel Macron during his ongoing European tour and the two discussed a wide range of topics including co-developing a COVID-19 vaccine and France's pledge not to ban Chinese tech company Huawei. 

Wang said that the pressing task is to restart bilateral exchanges in all areas in an orderly manner while keeping regular COVID-19 containment measures in place, including strengthening coordination and cooperation in the research and development of COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines, the Xinhua News Agency reported Saturday. 

Macron said that France highly appreciates China's commitment to making any COVID-19 vaccine it develops a global public good, and is ready to deepen cooperation with China in the fight against the virus and to push for more results in bilateral cooperation in trade, agriculture and other areas.  He also said he looked forward to visiting China again at an early date.

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