China and France vow to work together to fight Covid-19

China's President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron during the China International Import Expo in Shanghai on Nov 5, 2019. - AFP

BEIJING (Xinhua): China stands ready to work with France to push for closer cooperation within multilateral frameworks, joint control of Covid-19 and better global health governance, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday (March 23) night in a phone conversation with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

Recalling that at a critical moment in the fight against the coronavirus disease, he and Macron have had three phone calls since January, Xi said that has demonstrated the high level of both the mutual trust between the two presidents and the China-France relationship.