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Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said that Serbia had signed bilateral agreements for the purchase of vaccines with Pfizer, the producer of Sputnik Ve and China’s Sinofarm, and that according to the delivery plan, part of those vaccines is expected before end of the year.
Speaking as a guest on TV Pink, she said that Serbia expects Pfizer vaccines first, as it has been negotiating with that company for the longest time and for which the Agency for Drugs and Medical Devices has already given permission to use them.
“We expect the first quantities this week. It will certainly not be large quantities, but there will be no quantities for testing … but for vaccination. We should have significantly higher quantities in January and February,” Brnabic said.
He assessed that the fight for vaccines was “painful” and that the gap between rich and poor would become an “insurmountable gulf” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“There is very little empathy among the richest countries in the world towards the poorest. It is especially important, as during the fight for respirators, that Serbia had the financial power not only to buy vaccines, but to give a sneak peek, to queue those vaccines and political credibility to speak directly with producers, something that not all countries can. ”
He also claimed that producers would be reached through “political connections”, and that most of the communication was led by President Aleksandar Vučić, who “can say more” about foreign policy partners in this process. Brnabic added that Hungary is one of Serbia’s best partners and that it did not withhold any information from official Belgrade, as well as that negotiations were held with Budapest on the joint production of a Russian solution.
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