Navigating through pandemic

GT: What do you think of the efforts of China and the SCO in fighting the COVID- 19 pandemic?

Norov: China has accumulated rich experience in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic and has established an effective system of preventive and control measures based on science, and combined with modern scientific and technological means. At the beginning of the pandemic, China provided necessary assistance to the SCO countries, including the provision of medicines, medical equipment, and the dispatch of medical experts. The COVID- 19 vaccines developed by China have been supplied to more than 100 countries and regions, including the SCO countries. Chinese vaccines have become the hope for developing countries to end the pandemic, which has proven China's important role in the global fight against the pandemic. China has been taking action to fulfill its earlier commitment to making the vaccine available and affordable to developing countries.

The SCO, as a multilateral organization, has also played an important role in the fight against the pandemic. After the outbreak, the SCO adopted a series of necessary normative laws and regulations, established a special cooperation mechanism, held regular sectoral meetings to discuss and formulate specific measures to deal with the pandemic, and put them on the agenda of the highest body of the SCO. The SCO member states have fully activated existing mechanisms and taken decisive action to prevent the spread of the disease.

As a platform for multilateral dialogue, the SCO has a unique and irreplaceable potential to develop and implement collective measures, and as is in line with the Shanghai Spirit, the SCO member states have demonstrated a high degree of solidarity, mutual support and cohesion in strengthening cooperation in the relevant areas.