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| EU-African Union Summit Was about Health Issues, Security and Freedom |
| Brussels, 22.02.2022 |
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| In addition to talks on trade and investment opportunities, the conclusions of the two-day EU-African Union summit in Brussels resulted in two key priorities, namely health and security, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) stated after the event, which brought together 27 EU leaders and more than 40 top representatives of African countries.
The premier pointed out that the coronavirus pandemic confirmed the importance of Europe helping Africa, especially with the supply of COVID-19 vaccines. According to him, there are plenty of them in the EU and many aren’t used, so it’s possible to provide them to the African continent to increase the overall low vaccination rates there.
“But we need to think strategically ahead, which is how these countries would develop their own vaccines for the future, for possible future pAlready before the summit, the call by African leaders to abandon the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which exists within the World Trade Organisation (WTO), was a major issue between the EU and African Union countries. Asked how the dispute was resolved at the summit, Heger said that discussions revolved around technology transfer for the production of new types of vaccines. And in this way, both sides will take further negotiations at a lower level.
andemics,” said Heger.
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