Xi: China to work with Indonesia against 'vaccine divide'

Women take selfies after receiving the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine in Banda Aceh on April 20, 2021. - AFP

BEIJING (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday (April 21) that China, while comprehensively promoting domestic vaccination, will continue to carry out vaccine cooperation with Indonesia, help Indonesia build a regional vaccine production center, and jointly resist the "vaccine divide."

In a phone conversation with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Xi stressed that both China and Indonesia attach great importance to people's lives and health and oppose "vaccine nationalism," noting that vaccine cooperation between the two countries is at the forefront of the world.