Japan PM Suga calls for world solidarity in curbing virus in 1st U.N. address

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Saturday called for world solidarity in the fight against the novel coronavirus as he delivered his first address to the U.N. General Assembly via prerecorded video statement in his debut at an international forum.Even with supply chain disruptions and other cross-border restrictions caused by the virus pandemic, Suga underscored the significance of multilateralism and free trade, and vowed to promote World Trade Organization reform and free trade agreements with other countries."The novel coronavirus disease has pulled us into an unprecedented cris…READ FULL ARTICLE