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Train with medical equipment from China arrives in Belgrade

Belgrade, 26 May 2020

A train from the People’s Republic of China carrying medical equipment arrived today in Serbia, at the train station in New Belgrade.

There are 300 tons of medical equipment in the train, which additionally ensures that our country is ready in case of a second wave of COVID-19. The train symbolically set off on 9 May, the Victory Day, from Wuhan, the city from which the fight against the coronavirus began and the city that defeated the coronavirus.

The transportation and all the equipment, which includes 16 million non-medical masks, 7.8 million medical masks, 230,000 protective suits and 5,000 contactless thermometers, were paid for by Serbia.

At this moment, we don’t know whether there will be a new wave of COVID-19, but we know for sure that Serbia is fully provided with medical equipment. We have worked on it with dedication and from the first day we left nothing to chance. The train with protective equipment, which arrived from China on a new silk road, symbolises the steel friendship of the two nations and shows the importance of the Belt and Road initiative, in which Serbia is an active participant.

I want to thank our partners from the People's Republic of China for keeping their word every time. Everything that President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic agreed with President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping, everything that I agreed with Prime Minister Li Keqiang, has always been fully respected. We appreciate this relationship of partnership and trust. It is important to point out today that Serbia supports and will support the One-China policy, said Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Serbia Chen Bo said that China Railway worked day and night together with its partners from Serbia, cooperated closely and coordinated intensively the opening of the "green corridor" for transport, which once again showed the steel friendship between Serbia and the People’s Republic of China.