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President Moon “Direct support to poor countries by increasing vaccine production capacity”

[이데일리 이정현 기자] President Moon Jae-in, who is visiting Rome, Italy to attend the summit of 20 major countries, announced on the 30th (local time) that “Korea will continue to provide direct support to countries that lack vaccines for the equitable distribution of vaccines.”

President Moon Jae-in attends the ‘International Economy and Health’ session after the commemorative photo of the G20 summit held at the Nuvola Convention Center in Rome, Italy on the 30th (local time). (Photo = Yonhap News)

At the ‘International Economy and Health’ session of the G20 Summit held at the Nuvola Convention Center in Rome, President Moon said, “It is difficult to stably manage the quarantine situation and fully recover from daily life without increasing vaccination rates in all countries.”

President Moon continued, “As a global vaccine manufacturing hub, we will further increase our production capacity. As ‘With Corona’ is about to be implemented, they also promised to share their experiences on quarantine and so on.

President Moon said, “Policy coordination is urgently needed for an inclusive recovery of the global economy.” △Specify support measures for low-income countries △Strengthen coordination of global macro policies △WTO reform to restore free trade and stabilize the global supply chain △Digital economy transformation It was proposed to establish a common norm for responding.

“The whole world is in crisis due to the corona virus, but we are relying on each other more deeply than ever before,” he said. I hope that the G20 will take on greater responsibility for an inclusive and sustainable world.”

The heads of state and international organizations attending the meeting agreed on the goal of completing vaccination of 70% of the world’s population by the middle of 2022 to overcome COVID-19, and global health to effectively respond to future health threats. We discussed ways to strengthen governance.

In addition, sharing awareness of risk factors for the global economy triggered by the pandemic and climate crisis, discussing policy measures to sustain the economic recovery, such as coordinating macro-policy directions, and supporting poverty alleviation in low-income countries for an inclusive economic recovery They also discussed ways to support the international community to respond to mid- to long-term tasks, such as responding to climate change.

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