Prior to his trip to Ferihegy Airport, the head of Hungarian diplomacy’s trip to Africa spoke about the fact that, thanks to last year’s decisions on vaccine purchases and this year’s rapid vaccination campaign, Hungary is currently in a position to take the vaccine if it wants to.
He said: we have enough vaccinations for the first, second, third vaccinations, we also have a safety margin, in fact
Hungary can do that to help countries that are in a difficult situation
he stressed. In this way, we can help African countries with vaccines that are not used at home.
Presenting the government’s decision, Péter Szijjártó announced:
this week, 800,000 vaccines will be delivered to Ghana and another 300,000 vaccines to Rwanda.
Péter Szijjártó indicated that he would hand over the vaccine donation in Rwanda on Wednesday. On the way to the African country, he will make a short visit to Victoria, the capital of the Seychelles, where they will discuss the further training of doctors and nurses there in Hungary, as well as conclude a tourism agreement.
Describing his further programs, the pro-government politician said he would fly from Rwanda to Turkey, where he would attend a meeting of foreign ministers at the Turkish Council and a subsequent summit on Friday. According to him, the
At the event of the Turkish Council, Hungary will donate another 200,000 vaccine donations,
after the countries of the council decided to jointly support African countries in combating the epidemic.
Cover image: Péter Szijjártó’s Facebook page
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