US ambassador to Dodik: We support High Representative Schmidt euractiv.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from euractiv.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BiH Presidency Chairman Milorad Dodik and members Željko Komšić and Šefik Džaferović spoke with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and discussed difficulties and delays in the delivery of vaccines to Bosnia and Herzegovina through the UN COVAX mechanism.
The members of the Presidency of BiH emphasised that BiH has fulfilled all its financial and other established obligations last year and that it expects the same from the COVAX programme and the vaccine manufacturers that operate within its framework.
It was concluded that the Cover Letter and the Agreement on Compensation and Liability between BiH and the producers should be signed as soon as possible, as subsequently added obligations, and the readiness of the producers to deliver the entire quantity of vaccines within clearly specified deadlines was discussed.
Croatia claims that BiH s Right to the High Seas Access has not been endangered sarajevotimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sarajevotimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Spahn considering changes to Germany’s vaccination plan. German Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) is weighing possible changes to the country’s vaccination schedule after media reports stated that the vaccine from AstraZeneca – set to be approved by the European Medical Agency (EMA) this week – was only 8% effective for those over 65 – a claim the company, as well as German health authorities, have denied. Read more.
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EU must not lose ‘momentum’ for dialogue offered by Biden, Portugal says. Portugal’s Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva told EU lawmakers on Tuesday (26 January) that the bloc should not lose the new momentum offered by Joe Biden’s administration to relaunch dialogue with the United States. More.
Turkovic met with the Ambassador of Ukraine regarding Icon January 26, 2021 3:45 PM by Y.Z
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bisera Turković received today the Ambassador of Ukraine to Bosnia and Herzegovina Vasily Kirilich, and the interlocutors agreed that it is important to shed light on the affair with the Orthodox Church relic which the BiH Presidency Chairman Milorad Dodik presented as a gift to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov during his visit to BiH on December 14 last year.
The Ambassador emphasized that Ukraine never gave permission for the export of the relic from that country and that the item is of cultural importance for Ukraine.