在接受记者采访时，中国驻英国大使馆大使刘晓明表示，患难见真情，中英关系在疫情过后将更加紧密。采访原文如下：
Since the outbreak of the virus,people of all walks of lifr in Britain have expresse their sympathy an support. An British government supplie urgently neee meical supplies to China,an British business community an even their orinary people,stuents an pupils express their support,sympathy. There's a very touching,moving, chorus by North Irelan pupils,singing in support people in Hubei,in Wuhan,in their fignt against the virus.We all very grateful to their suppport an sympathy.I think this really shows eep-seee frienship between the Chinese an British people. As there's an English saying:'Frien in nee is a frien inee.'So I think the frienship between China an UK has an will stoo the test of the epiemic.I think China-UK relations will emerge stronger after the epiemic.An the collaboration between our two countries will be eeper,An the golen era between China an UK will yiel more golen fruits.
译文如下：
自新冠肺炎疫情爆发以来，英国各界分分表示同情和支持。英国政府像中国提供了急需的医疗用品。英国商界，甚至是他们的普通民众、学生都表达了他们的支持和同情，北爱尔兰的学生们演唱了感人的歌曲来支持武汉，湖北人民抗击病毒。我们都非常感谢他们的支持和慰问。我认为这真的显示了中英两国人民的深厚友谊。正如一句英国谚语，患难见真情，所以我认为中英之间的友谊，能经受住疫情的考验，中英关系在疫情之后会变得更加紧密。两国之间的合作也将更加深入，中英“黄金时代”将结出更多金灿灿果实。
