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The European Union has launched a 35-million-euro project to support vaccination in the Eastern Partnership countries.
UA reports this with reference to the message of the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Vargey on Twitter.
The Eastern Partnership countries include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Oliver Vargey noted that the project demonstrates EU solidarity in action, which helps save lives and speed up recovery.
“I am pleased that an innovation agreement worth €35 million has been launched today with Zbigniew Rau and the Polish National Development Bank and Beata Daszynska-Muzychka to support EU member states in delivering COVID-19 vaccines to the Eastern Partnership” – the statement said.
Within the mechanism, the EU will pay for the delivery of vaccines to the Eastern Partnership countries to make the drugs more accessible.
To remind, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is going to provide Ukraine with additional $150 million to implement measures to combat the spread of COVID-19.
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