Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged the United States to support the creation of a regional fund to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the Special ASEAN-United States Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on COVID-19 on Thursday, foreign ministers in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations , among them, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro"Teddy Boy" Locsin Jr. and United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, discussed steps to strengthen collaboration on the region's COVID-19 response.
Pompeo said the United States has so far released over $35.3 million or roughly ₱1.79 billion in emergency health funding to help ASEAN amid the global health crisis. The nations also discussed further cooperation towards post-pandemic recovery, to address the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 by reinforcing trade and investment, cooperation in the digital economy, supporting micro, small and medium enterprises and innovation.
"We emphasized our shared commitment to ensuring, to the maximum extent possible consistent with public health, the stable supply and the swift and continued flow of food, medicines, medical supplies and equipment and other essential goods and commodities as well as the normal flow of trade in other goods and services, and investment across borders to sustain among others, critical economic activities and ensure food security," the statement said.
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