Three North Korean cargo planes flew to China and back, as the country battles a fast-spreading outbreak of Covid-19, according to a South Korean government official with knowledge of the matter.
The planes traveled to Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, in China's northeast Liaoning province, the official said.It's unknown what the planes were carrying, but the rare trip came after China pledged to help North Korea with its Covid outbreak, which experts have warned could cause a major humanitarian crisis in the isolated and impoverished nation.Members of the North Korean military's medical section distribute medicine at a pharmacy in Pyongyang on May 18.
" The two countries have"a fine tradition of mutual assistance," said a spokesperson from China's Foreign Ministry.Throughout the pandemic, China has sent millions of vaccine doses around the world, as well as striking agreements last year with the international vaccine sharing program COVAX to provide more than half a billion shots.
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