Li Xuhang, Consul General of the People’s Republic of China in Dubai, said in Chinese: “I hereby call on everyone to comply with the UAE government’s epidemic prevention regulations and stay at home. As we all know, our most successful experience in fighting against COVID-19 in China is to stay at home.”
“Right now, the Chinese Consulate General is holding an online joint defence and control conference, following the guidance and instructions of President Xi Jinping to provide logistical support for everyone. May I urge everyone to stay at home and in this way the virus will be killed.”
“Our Consulate General will mobilise all kinds of resources from Chinese-funded institutions, overseas Chinese and students in Dubai to backup everyone. United, we will definitely win the people’s war against the epidemic,” Li told Gulf News.
The consuls general from the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Netherlands, Indonesia and Sri Lanka also delivered inspiring and reassuring messages to everyone that we can overcome this global pandemic.
There is a silver lining in the current crisis, according to Philippine Consul General Paul Raymund Cortes.
“This global health crisis will bring out the best in humanity and highlight the virtues we will need to come out of this – perhaps scathed and battered – but definitely wiser, more compassionate, generous and selfless,” Cortes underlined.
He added: “All of us have a role to play as we hold hands to defeat this virus - big or small, in the forefront or in the sidelines. It matters not whether our role is a leading one or that of a follower. What is crucial is how each of us can inspire one another during these times so that we become an even stronger, productive and harmonious society.”