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According to her, such a quantity of vaccines would meet Lithuania’s needs, so part of the vaccines could simply be transferred free of charge via the “donation basket” created at EU level.
“An EU-wide donation basket is being created. All EU countries that could donate some to their neighbors put those vaccines in that basket. So we will probably use the mechanism created by the EU and then we would donate part of it. It’s not about reselling, it’s about donation, “the president’s adviser told LRT radio.
“If 2 million vaccines arrive in Lithuania in the second quarter, it is a really large number of vaccines for us, as it would be,” noted A. Skaisgirytė.
The president’s adviser pointed out that Lithuania is interested in the European Union’s neighboring countries getting vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible.
“Lithuania is interested in our neighboring countries getting vaccinated quickly.
Therefore, we would like to help you. Of course, it should be understood that until we have the number of vaccines that we need ourselves, we cannot say that we will pass some on to our neighbors. However, if there is a sufficient amount, we could help the neighbors, fraternally, ”said A. Skaisgirytė.
During the meeting of the foreign ministers of Lithuania and Ukraine in Kiev this week, Lithuanian diplomatic chief Gabrielius Landsbergis said that Lithuania could share a surplus of coronavirus vaccines with Ukraine.
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