On February 5, 2020, Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng met in Beijing with a delegation of experts on epidemic prevention headed by Vyacheslav Y. Smolenskiy, Deputy Head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare of Russia, Eurasia Diary reports citing Foriegn Ministry of People's Republic of China.
Le Yucheng said, under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the Chinese people are fighting against the epidemic with all-out efforts, and we are fully confident and capable of winning the battle against the epidemic. The Chinese side is committed to maintaining global public health security and conducting international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control in the principles of openness and transparency. Resolutely supporting each other when needed is the key to comprehensive strategic cooperation between China and Russia in the new era. The delegation of Russian experts on epidemic prevention is the first and only foreign expert group to China to carry out cooperation in epidemic prevention. It shows the Russian side's strong support for the Chinese side to fight the epidemic and reflects the deep friendship between the two countries. The epidemic prevention exchanges and joint research between the two countries will definitely help us win this fight against the epidemic.
Vyacheslav Y. Smolenskiy said, the Russian side firmly supports the Chinese side in taking strong measures to cope with the pneumonia epidemic caused by novel coronavirus and is confident that China will defeat the epidemic. The Russian side sent a team of epidemic prevention experts to China at a time when China was facing difficulties, aiming to work with the Chinese side to tackle the epidemic and join hands to fight the epidemic to jointly safeguard the health and safety of the two peoples.