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The meeting concluded that the European Union and Serbia will continue to cooperate closely.
Ambassador Fabrizi and ministers agreed that more urgent measures will be taken, for which the European Union will provide direct emergency financial support, including for vaccines, EU InfoCentre said in a statement.
At the working meeting, the vaccination priorities in Serbia and the needs for the acquisition of medical equipment and further strengthening of health capacities to fight the pandemic were discussed.
Minister Jadranka Joksimović pointed out that the meeting analyzed additional possibilities for the transfer of funds from the “EU PRO +” program, which is used by the Ministry of European Integration, for the needs of medical equipment, refrigerators, deep freezers, minivans for transport and vaccine distribution. be ready for vaccination.
Minister Lončar pointed out that the coronavirus affects all European countries equally, so, as he himself says, it is of the utmost importance that together, through cooperation and mutual support, we respond to the epidemiological challenges of the age in which we live.
“The best response is the vaccine, and Serbia was the first in the region to deliver the first doses, and immunization is just beginning,” Loncar said.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the European Union has been assisting Serbia in the fight against the pandemic, both financially and in the form of emergency medical equipment and supplies, according to the statement.
