By Liu Tian and Li Hao
刘天 李浩
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 -- A handover ceremony of the COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) to Pakistan's armed forces was held at the Nur Khan Airbase near Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
中国人民解放军援助巴基斯坦军队新冠疫苗交接仪式8日上午在巴首都伊斯兰堡附近的努尔汗空军基地举行。
Maj. Gen. Chen Wenrong, defense attaché of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan, and Pakistani Lt. Gen. Nigar Johar, surgeon general of the Pakistan army, attended the handover ceremony.
中国驻巴基斯坦大使馆国防武官陈文荣和巴陆军军医长兼三军卫勤局局长妮加尔•乔哈尔出席。
On the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Chen expressed that a batch of China-gifted COVID-19 vaccines were handed over to the Pakistani side a week ago, making Pakistan the first country in the world to receive the Chinese government-donated COVID-19 vaccines. Now the vaccines donated by the Chinese military to the Pakistani military has also arrived, making Pakistani military the first foreign military to receive the COVID-19 vaccine aid from the Chinese military. All these have demonstrated the unbreakable friendship between the two iron brothers". This batch of COVID-19 vaccines will play an important role in the cooperation between two countries and two militaries to fight the pandemic, Chen added.
陈文荣在交接仪式上说，一周前，中国政府向巴政府捐赠了一批新冠疫苗，巴基斯坦成为中国政府对外援助疫苗的第一个受援国。如今，中国军队向巴军援助的疫苗顺利运抵，巴基斯坦军队也成为第一个接受中国军队疫苗援助的外国军队。两个“第一”再次彰显中巴之间牢不可破的“铁杆”情谊。这批疫苗将为中巴两国两军合作抗疫发挥重要作用，陈文荣补充道。
Thanking the Chinese military for providing the vaccines, Lt. Gen. Johar stressed that in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan last year, the supply aid and medical experts from the Chinese military had played a key role in effectively containing the epidemic in Pakistan. Now, the Chinese military has provided the Pakistani military with the much-needed vaccines in a timely fashion. The Pakistani side is deeply grateful for this, said Johar.
乔哈尔感谢中国军队向巴军提供疫苗援助。她表示，去年疫情在巴暴发后，中国军队援助的抗疫物资和派出的医疗专家组为巴方有效遏制疫情发挥了关键作用。现在，中国军队又在第一时间向巴军提供急需的疫苗，对巴方而言如同“及时雨”，巴方对此深表感激。
According to a statement released by Pakistani army's media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Monday, the Chinese military-backed vaccines will be included in Pakistan's national vaccination drive for frontline healthcare workers.
据巴基斯坦三军新闻局当天发布的一份声明，这批由中国军队援助的新冠疫苗将被纳入巴国家疫苗计划，用于一线医护人员接种。
