BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Israel hopes to become the first country to mutually understand the inoculation of COVID-19 vaccines with China, according to the website operated by Chinese daily Global Times.

A volunteer receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, on Nov. 1, 2020. (Photo: Xinhua)

Israel will be glad to become the first country in the world to reciprocally understand the inoculation of COVID-19 vaccines with China, Irit Ben-Abba, Israel's new ambassador to China, was quoted as saying recently by the Chinese newspaper.

This will be her priority, she told Chinese media, adding she hoped to reach cooperation with the Chinese side soon on an arrangement of reciprocal understanding of the vaccination against COVID-19 between Israel and China, according to the website.