Nauru signs Joint Ministerial Statement to keep global supply and trade links open during COVID-19
REPUBLIC OF NAURU
Government Information
Office
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Thursday, 23 April
2020
Nauru
signs Joint Ministerial Statement to keep global supply and trade
links open during COVID-19
His Excellency
President Lionel Rouwen Aingimea, as Minister for Foreign Affairs
and Trade, has affirmed the Republic of Nauru's commitment to
ensuring supply chain connectivity amidst the COVID-19
situation.
A Joint
Ministerial Statement by Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada,
Chile, Lao People's Democratic Republic, The Republic of the Union
of Myanmar, The Republic of Nauru, New Zealand, Singapore and
Uruguay represents a collective response to the COVID-19 global
pandemic, with a commitment to maintaining open and connected
supply chains, as well as to collaborating to identify and address
trade disruptions with ramifications on the flow of
necessities.
"We recognise
that it is in our mutual interest to ensure that trade lines remain
open, including via air and sea freight, to facilitate the flow of
goods including essential supplies."
In addition,
the group affirmed the importance of refraining from the imposition of
export controls or tariffs and non-tariff barriers and of removing
any existing trade restrictive measures on essential goods,
especially medical supplies, at this time.
"We are
committed to working with all like-minded countries to ensure that
trade continues to flow unimpeded, and that critical infrastructure
such as our air and seaports remain open to support the viability
and integrity of supply chains globally."
ENDS////
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