The Communist Party of Britain has signed an open letter from the Chinese Communist Party calling for an internationally co-ordinated response to the Covid-19 pandemic.CP general secretary Robert Griffiths said the party was “pleased and honoured to associate itself with the Open Letter proposed by the Chinese Communist Party on the COVID-19 crisis.
“The letter not only expresses the full gravity of the current danger and expressed our profound appreciation of the work done by health workers and others in the front-line to combat this deadly virus. It sent our condolences to all victims of the virus and their family and friends.
“But also the Open Letter emphasises how vital it is that the world and its peoples and governments come together in cooperation to defeat the threat which Covid-19 presents to us all.
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