Defeating COVID-19 with Solidarity and Cooperation——Keynote Speech by H.E.Xi Jinping,President of the People’s Republic of China At the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit On Solidarity Against COVID-19

Beijing,17 June 2020 Your Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa,Your Excellency President Macky Sall,Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government,Your Excellency Moussa Faki Mahamat,Chairperson of the African Union Commission,Your Excellency António Guterres,Secretary-General of the United Nations,Your Excellency Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General of the World Health Organization,At such a critical moment in the global fight against COVID-19,we are gathered together in this Extraordinary China-Africa Summit.