西安援外之美国蒙哥马利郡（中英双语）

西安援外之美国蒙哥马利郡

Xi’an's International Assistance to MontgomeryCounty, U.S.A

新冠疫情在美蔓延之际，经批准，我市向友好城市美国蒙哥马利郡捐赠了2万只一次性医用口罩。近日，当地政府官网对此进行报道，指出：“友城西安捐赠的个人防护装备，对于蒙哥马利郡抗击疫情至关重要，能够帮助我们有效减少二次感染几率”。

During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Xi’an donated 20,000 disposable medical masks to our sister city, Montgomery County with permission from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Recently, the Montgomery County Media issued this press release on theirlocal government’s official website, and stated “The personal protective equipment donated from our sister city Xi’an is critical to the Montgomery County in fighting against the epidemic, which isessential in reducing the chances of a second wave of infections.”

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蒙哥马利郡郡长马克·尔里克表示：“在此极具挑战的时期，我们友好城市西安的慷慨捐赠彰显了两地城市外交与国际合作的重要性。这些口罩将有效帮助我们社区控制新冠疫情的蔓延，保护我们最脆弱的居民。衷心感谢西安的朋友，感谢他们主动提供此次捐赠”。

“This generous donation from our Sister City Xi’an reinforces the importance of diplomacy and international cooperation during these challenging times. These masks will help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our community and protect our most vulnerable residents. I want to thank our friends in Xi’an for reaching out to offer this donation to us,” said the County Executive Marc Elrich.

蒙哥马利郡是美国马里兰州最大和人口最多的管辖区，毗邻首都华盛顿哥伦比亚特区，面积1313平方公里，人口92.76万。2014年9月4日，西安市与蒙哥马利郡结为友好城市。

Montgomery County is the largest and most populous jurisdiction in Maryland，U.S.A, which locates adjacent to the capital, Washington, D.C., it covers an area of 1313 square kilometers. Xi’an established sister-cityrelationship with the Montgomery County on September 4th, 2014.

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据悉，该批物资已由蒙哥马利郡总务部接收，现已归档待分发，将用于该郡抗击疫情的一线工作中。病毒无国界，患难见真情。西安愿继续与包括蒙哥马利郡在内的各个友城一道，加强合作，迎接挑战，共同维护世界人民健康福祉和全球公共卫生安全。

According to reports, the Department of General Services has received the masks and this batch of medical material has been catalogedfor distributionand will be used to the front line containment work. A virus without borders and a friend in need is a friend indeed. Xi’an wishesto continue work together with other sister cities, which includes Montgomery County in fighting against this pandemic, tostrengthen the cooperation, facing the new challenges,as well as jointly safeguard the health and well-being of the world's people and global public health security.