President Vucic in Serbia thank Xi and Putin, who have sent help. He finds out in the EU.
The big neighbour, the european UNION has been to no avail under the coronapandemien, echoed the criticism in the previous week from Serbia, which is the worst affected country in the western Balkans.
instead, the Balkan country, which leads the accession negotiations with the EU, received help from first China and then Russia. Thursday is more Russian planes landed with equipment, among other things, protective equipment, and doctors are on the way.
Serbian president, Aleksandar Vucic, thanks for the help via the social media Instagram. Here he notes that the first 11 aircraft from Russia landed in a military airport, so Sebien can fight coronaviruses.
– Big thanks to president Putin and our Russian broderfolk, writes Vucic.
Militærlæger and virologer, a total of 90 Russian experts, is on the way for the Balkan country. It promises Russian military according to the news agency Tass. Also, China has sent doctors to Serbia.
It is only a few weeks ago, to Serbia, hit hard after the european UNION.
– European solidarity does not exist. It is just a eventyrfortælling, said Aleksandar Vucic in march.
He praised the then China as the only country that could help Serbia. China had just promised equipment to Serbia, Vucic called China’s president, Xi Jinping, for his “brother”.
the EU has recently allocated eur 38 million in corona-the help to the countries of the western Balkans, including Serbia.
But the european UNION has decided at the same time – during the pandemic – to put restrictions on the export of medical devices from the EU. It hits a country like Serbia. The reason is a fear of lacking equipment in the EU.
Serbia has negotiated the EU since 2014.
the Country has 1171 infected with coronavirus, 31 are dead.
on Wednesday introduced the Serbia’s government, a decree, which effectively prevented the national media to report on the coronavirus.
Only the government’s task force for crisis management had to inform about the crisis. A journalist from the nyhedsmediet nova.the rs was soon after arrested for reporting in violation of the decree.
But already on Thursday pulled the prime minister, Ana Brnabic withdrew the decree back and lamented: “It was my fault,” she said.
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