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Lebanese officials express gratitude to Serbia on its assistance

Belgrade/Beirut, 17 August 2021

Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Selakovic handed over today in Beirut 20,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus, the first part of the aid of 40,000 vaccines that Serbia donated to Lebanon.

Today, on the first day of his official visit to Lebanon, Selakovic also held separate meetings with President of the Lebanese Republic Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Hassan Diab.

The donation of Serbia was received by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon Zeyna Akar, who expressed gratitude for the donation, and informed Selakovic about the epidemiological situation in that Middle Eastern country.

Selakovic conveyed that at all meetings, Lebanese officials expressed great gratitude to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, the government of Serbia, the Republic of Serbia and its citizens for the selfless help we provided by donating vaccines, but also by the decision to donate 45 tons of food to the Lebanese people.

The Minister pointed out that other types of assistance that Serbia could possibly provide to the friendly Lebanon were also discussed at the meetings, as well as various types of improvement of our bilateral cooperation, not only in the field of cooperation between the two foreign ministries, but especially in the field of the economy.

We talked about everything that could serve the people of Lebanon and the Republic of Lebanon from Serbian experiences for the purpose of their economic recovery that this country longs for, said the Minister.

Selakovic underlined that Lebanese officials were especially interested in the economic successes that Serbia is recording.

Selakovic stated that Lebanese officials expressed strong and principled support for Serbia's positions on the issue of protection of our territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as the continuation of dialogue in the search for a solution for Kosovo and Metohija.