Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video conference with foreign ministers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal, and called on more efforts to strengthen coordination over the prevention and control of COVID-19.

Wang made four proposals regarding regional cooperation in the post-COVID-19 era.

Wang said these countries should jointly reject politicizing or stigmatizing virus. He also called on efforts to strengthen coordination in anti-epidemic prevention and control and promote cooperation in vaccine research, as well as economic recovery.

Ministers from the three other countries experssed their will to deepen cooperation with China to fight COVID-19, ensure the flow of trade and transport corridors, facilitate people-to-people exchanges and trade connection, and build a "Silk Road of health" and a community of a shared future for humanity.

The four countries also reached consensus in various aspects, such as adhering to multilateralism, opposing virus politicalization and strengthening containment cooperation to effectively prevent cross-border spread of the pandemic.

The foreign ministers also stressed the importance of promoting the resumption of key cooperation projects and expanding new areas of digital cooperation.

More efforts are need to promote the joint efforts of the Belt and Road and explore ways to synergize the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and the Trans-Himalayan Multi-Dimensional Connectivity Network, the foreign ministers said.

We should support the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, and safeguard the common interests of developing countries, said Wang Yi.

Afghanistan's acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Haneef Atmar, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistani Minister for Economic Affairs Khusro Bakhtyar and Nepali Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali attended the video conference.