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Xi offers to cooperate with India for COVID-19 Vaccines

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday offered to cooperate with India and other BRICS nations in the development of vaccines against the coronavirus and reiterated that differences between member states should be resolved through dialogue while advocating common security for the five-member bloc.

“As we speak the Chinese companies are working with their Russian and Brazilian partners on phase three clinical trials for vaccines. We are prepared to have cooperation with South Africa and India as well,” Xi said while addressing the 12th BRICS summit via video link.

The virtual summit, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. “China has joined the COVAX facility and will actively consider providing vaccines to the BRICS countries where there is a need,” Xi said.

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