The Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabic, received a plane with a donation from the Kingdom of Bahrain at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade today, emphasizing that the aid of 67.5 tons of medical equipment was an extremely generous donation.
Addressing the press, Brnabic stated that five planes arrived from Bahrain in January, with 20 respirators in today’s contingent, the Government of Serbia announced.
According to her, the medical equipment will be distributed according to the needs of Covid hospitals and clinics in Serbia, ie the needs of the health system.
This assistance is the result of a telephone conversation between the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, and the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Ishi Al Khalifa, on November 24 last year, who offered assistance to Serbia in the fight against the pandemic, she reported.
The Prime Minister expressed her gratitude to the King of Bahrain for the donation, emphasizing that it is a very respectable country in the Arab and Muslim world.
As she emphasized, the Government of Serbia will work diligently to improve relations with Bahrain, and the delivery of aid is a big step towards that.
– So far, we have not had particularly close bilateral ties, but that is why the conversation between the President of Serbia and the King of Bahrain is important, and we will try to develop the best possible relations – said Brnabic.
She also expressed gratitude to Air Serbia for everything it has done since the beginning of the epidemic to deliver medical equipment from various sides, estimating that all this help and donations would not have arrived so quickly and efficiently if we did not have a company like Air Serbia.
On behalf of the King of Bahrain, the chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports and the national security adviser, Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, addressed the audience at the airport with a video message.
He expressed gratitude to all medical workers who are fighting COVID-19 as a global plague, and said that Bahrain will continue to help its friends, eKapija reports.
