Bishkek, June 18, 2020 / Kabar /. Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Chingiz Aidarbekov participated in High-Level Video Conference on Belt and Road International Cooperation, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
This forum was organized at the initiative of the Chinese side. It was attended by State Councilor, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adan Gebreisus, UN Under-Secretary-General, UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner, as well as vice prime ministers and foreign ministers of 28 countries.
During the online meeting, the parties discussed broad aspects related to combating the COVID-19 pandemic and curbing its spread in the world, as well as issues related to promoting economic recovery and production activities in a pandemic. In addition, questions were raised on the phased resumption of cross-border movement of people with strict observance of the necessary measures to prevent and combat coronavirus.
During his speech, Aidarbekov informed about the situation around the spread of coronavirus infection in Kyrgyzstan and the fight against it. He emphasized the importance of the issues of suspension of payments on servicing state debts in accordance with the G20 initiative on suspension of payments on servicing debt to the least developed countries of the world in order to facilitate their economic recovery and sustainable development.
As a result of the videoconference, the Forum participants adopted a Joint Statement.
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