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#ASEAN-#China #Foreign Ministers special #Coronavirus #COVID19 meeting in #Vientiane #Laos started meeting by 1st screening a video showing how regional countries are encouraging China and supporting the country in fight against virus

#ASEAN-#China special #Coronavirus #COVID19 meeting in #Vientiane #Laos #Chinese Foreign Minister #WangYi says nation appreciates support, sympathies from regional leaders. Adds all are family & a friend in need is a friend indeed. Adds China will remember the friendship

#China insists at #ASEAN-China special #Coronavirus #COVIDー19 meeting #Beijing has introduced comprehensive, effective measures to combat virus. Shows efforts working as number of new cases not increasing. Confident China can control virus & that disease is curable

#ASEAN-#China special #Coronavirus #COVIDー19 meeting concluded with presser by China #Philippines #Laos with China saying hopes of organizing an ASEAN-China Leaders' meeting on public health, hold a joint cooperation forum on outbreak response, set up cooperation fund & projects

#ASEAN-#China special #Coronavirus #COVID19 presser with China Foreign Minister saying fear is more threatening than the virus & "confidence is more precious than gold". Mr #WangYi says the virus has taken a toll on cooperation between the region & #Beijing

#ASEAN-#China #Coronavirus #COVID19 meeting with China Foreign Minister says he's confident #Chinese economy will rebound, be unleashed but urges all in region to resume economic & people-to-people links. Also plans to set up a China-ASEAN liaison centre to ensure rapid response

Nations should pay attention over next 2-3 weeks to determine if #COVID19 is truly under control, that it's no longer spreading. #Singapore #foreign minister #VivianBalakrishnan gave this caution after the #ASEAN-#China special #coronavirus #Laos meeting m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…