Chinese Embassy in Suriname donates supplies to Suriname Government for COVID-19 relief in July 2020

On July 23, 2020, the Chinese Embassy in Suriname donated enti-epidemic supplies to Suriname Government, and Liu Quan, Ambassador in Suriname, handed over this donation to Suriname to President Chan Santokhi. The wife of the President of Suriname, Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Albert Ramdin, and a member of the National Assembly, Wang Chuanrui, attended this event. The amount and value of this donation are not specified, but the purpose of this donation is to help Suriname in fighting against the pandemic.

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1. According to a report by the Media Institute of the Caribbean, "the Chinese government, the Zhejiang provincial government, and the Chinese Embassy in Suriname have provided multiple batches of PPE, including more than 400,000 masks, 30 respirators, 3000 sets of protective clothing, and 8500 testing kits." This donation, then, likely comprises a portion of this aggregate.

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