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On Sunday, the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China arrived at the Augusto C. Sandino International Airport in Managua, and was warmly welcomed by a Nicaraguan delegation with a ceremony.
This "gesture of solidarity, cooperation, friendship and fraternity from the people and government of the People's Republic of China," as Laureano Ortega Murillo, advisor to the Nicaraguan president and head of the delegation, described at the ceremony, has marked the beginning of a new journey where Nicaragua and China work closer to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Staff members convey Chinese COVID-19 vaccine at an airport in Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 12, 2021. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)
The Chinese vaccines will help reinforce Nicaragua's vaccination campaign, Health Minister Martha Reyes told Xinhua, adding these vaccines, together with others obtained by Nicaragua, are enough to immunize nearly 6.4 million people out of its population of 6.6 million.
"For us that is success. Our health model has faced a risky situation but is now in a state of epidemiological stability," said Reyes.
The minister said she is looking forward to exchanging knowledge and experience with China on many other areas in the health sector, beyond the necessary immediate cooperation against the pandemic.

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Nicaraguan Health Minister Martha Reyes gestures during an interview in Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)
The two countries have complementary advantages in health, such as Nicaragua's use of plants and natural remedies, and China's advanced application of acupuncture and other millenary practices, Reyes noted.
"That is going to be another asset that could strengthen our country, as well as other types of attention and exchanges in specialties in which China has more experience than we do," she said.
COMMON DEVELOPMENT
Following the resumption of ties, Nicaragua aims to take better advantage of China's initiatives to reduce poverty and help global economic growth, Ovidio Reyes, president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua, told Xinhua.
The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, he said, is a great development opportunity, as well as a sign of the "leadership of the Chinese economy in expanding world trade for everyone's benefit."
Meanwhile, as it sits between the Pacific and the Atlantic, Nicaragua could, along with China, contribute to preventing regional supply chain disruptions that have had a negative impact this year on the global economy, he said.
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 11, 2021 shows the Nicaragua Lake and wind turbines on the bank near Rivas, Nicaragua. (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)
"Being in our country offers access to both oceans, and that is a great advantage that serves as a bridge for other countries," he said.
Noting that Nicaragua and China share a concern for improving quality of life, the bank chief voiced confidence that the two countries can promote bilateral cooperation in such fields as health, education, electricity, drinking water, housing and daily necessities.
Nicaragua admires and hopes to learn from China's success and experience in fighting poverty, he said.
"Succeeding in reducing extreme poverty would be a great step for our country. That is where cooperation can bear fruit," he noted.
Murillo, the Nicaraguan president's advisor, told Xinhua that his country and China share many development goals, as well as a revolutionary and humanistic spirit.
The resumption of relations also reaffirms "the brotherhood of the two peoples who share the fight for sovereignty, dignity, self-determination and the right to their own path, according to their own characteristics," he added. (Video reporters: Zhao Kai, Wu Hao, Wang Chao, Liao Siwei; video editors: Liu Ruoshi, Zhang Yuhong)■

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