Chinese government donates first batch of anti-pandemic supplies to Kyrgyzstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 2020

Project narrative

On May 12, 2020, the Chinese Government donated the first batch of anti-epidemic supplies to the Kyrgyzstan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The supplies included 100,000 PCR tests, 30,000 medical glasses, 30,000 N95 masks, 150,000 medical masks, and 1,000 thermometers. These supplies will be used to improve COVID-19 response efforts in Kyrgyzstan. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. A handover ceremony was held for this donation. Du Dewen, China’s Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, and the Secretary of the Kyrgyz Security Council jointly attended the ceremony and signed the material handover certificate. Abu Drakhmanov, Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Foreign Minister, and Counselor Cai Zhixiong, the Police Liaison Officer of the Chinese Embassy, also attended the ceremony. This donation was completed under the framework of the China-Kyrgyzstan inter-departmental and inter-regional security cooperation mechanism. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps conducted the implementation of these supplies through this cooperation mechanism. This is the first batch of anti-epidemic supplies to be provided by the Chinese government under the framework of the China-Kyrgyzstan inter-departmental and inter-regional security cooperation mechanism. The second batch was donated on June 30, 2020, and the project details are captured in Record ID#94960.