‘True friend’ China helps Algeria battle coronavirus
Algerian President Ahmed Ben Bella and Chinese Prime minister Chou En Lai waving to the crowd in Algiers on March 31, 1965. Beijing has just come to the rescue of Algeria, hit by the coronavirus pandemic. – AFP pic, April 4, 2020.
AS adversity strikes in the form of the coronavirus pandemic, Algeria has found a helping hand in China, an old friend and the top exporter to Africa’s largest country. An Air Algerie plane arrived in the capital Algiers from Beijing on March 27 carrying a 13-member Chinese medical team and equipment, including respirators, worth around US$450,000 .
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