Thursday, April 23rd, 2020
Merkel warns coronavirus crisis ‘still just the beginning’
BERLIN, APR 23 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her country must remain “clever and cautious” in handling the coronavirus crisis, as “it’s not the end phase but still just the beginning”. “We will be with it for a long time,” she warned parliament, ahead of an EU video summit on the crisis. She stressed the need for European cohesion in fighting the virus. And she said Germany should be ready to “make very different, meaning much higher contributions to the EU budget”. The extra funding should be provided “inRead More
China to give WHO $30 million more
BEIJING, APR 23 – China announced Thursday it will donate another $30 million to the World Health Organization to help in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, days after Washington said it would freeze funding. “China has decided to donate another $30 million in cash to the WHO, in addition to the previous donation of $20 million, to support the global fight against COVID-19 and strengthen developing countries’ health systems,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a regular press briefing. He added that China’s contribution to the UN agencyRead More
Pakistan presented cultural revival strategy at UNESCO virtual Meeting
PARIS, APR 24 (DNA) – The Federal Minister for Education and Special Initiative Mr. Shafqat Mahmood outlined Pakistan’s strategy to mitigate the impact of the COVID19 crisis on the cultural sector of Pakistan at a virtual meeting organized by the UNESCO Headquarters Paris, yesterday. The first virtual meeting of its kind held by UNESCO was attended by over 110 Cultural Ministers from around the world to discuss and mitigate impact of COVID 19 crisis on cultural sector. Mr. Shafqat Mahmood in his country statement briefed the meeting on priority areasRead More
Pakistani govt: in a dilemma, how to contain COVID-19: Report
ISLAMABAD, Apr. 23 (DNA): Pakistani government is going through a tough challenge, as it has yet not able to contain the raising number of death toll and the people affected by COVID-19, Gwadar Pro App said in a report on Thursday that in the past few weeks, the Pakistani government, military and people have made unremitting efforts to control the spread of COVID-19. However, the spread of the pandemic has not been effectively curbed yet. According to the report, the main difficulty is that Pakistan’s population base is largeRead More
Chinese envoy all praise for Pak efforts to deal with CONVID 19
Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad organizes an“Online International Conference” on the topic “China’s Efforts to Combat COVID-19 and Humanitarian Aid to the World DNA/STAFF REPORT ISLAMABAD: The Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Islamabad organized an“Online International Conference” on the topic “China’s Efforts to Combat COVID-19 and Humanitarian Aid to the World” Keeping in view the current situation of COVID-19 in Pakistan and around the world, CGSS has organized an online international Conference with Embassy of China, Islamabad.The Conference was jointly organized with the Embassy ofRead More
Hikmat Hajiyev: Armenian FM statement a serious blow to negotiating process
Baku,DNA Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev has given an interview to official news agency of Azerbaijan following the Armenian foreign minister’s response to a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Here are excerpts from his interview. – In response to a statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, the Armenian foreign minister said that Azerbaijani territories would not be freed from occupation, denied and rejected the proposals onRead More