Hungary sends 200,000 vaccines to Bosnia-Herzegovina

Hungary is sending 200,000 doses of Sinopharm coronavirus vaccines to Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a view to speeding up the country’s inoculation campaign and contributing to the restart of its economy, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said on Monday in Sarajevo, where he delivered the shipment.

The past “difficult” year was everywhere marked by the pandemic protection efforts, with the protection of people’s life and health, and the vaccines as a tool to that goal, seen as priorities, Szijjártó said. The Hungarian government has done everything in its power to procure as many vaccines as possible and managed to restart the country’s economy swiftly, thanks to its unique inoculation campaign, he said.

The Hungarian shipment is the largest sent yet to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Szijjarto noted.

“Hungary and the Western Balkans mutually depend on each other in economic and security issues, and also is stemming migration … This is one of the reasons we are happy to aid your pandemic protection,” Szijjártó said.