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    Multilateral Synergy

    Jun 25, 2020 4 minutes
    By Hu Fan
    Copyedited by Francisco Little

    One of the positive spinoffs of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is the enhanced awareness of the need for solidarity it has created worldwide. This was very much in evidence on June 17, when Chinese and African leaders got together for the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19.

    The summit, held via video link, was jointly proposed by China, South Africa, the rotating chair of the African Union (AU), and Senegal, the co-chair of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).

    The aim of the summit was to explore opportunities for African states to lever-age multilateral cooperation through the FOCAC

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