Carl Hartzell: Since the start of the pandemic, the EU has been Georgia’s strongest supporter

EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell has responded to the arrival first delivery of vaccine in Georgia. According to the Ambassador, today is a welcome milestone in the fight against COVID-19 and a light in the end of the tunnel.

“While in the midst of intense political mediation efforts with envoy Kristian Danielsson, I wanted to take a short time out to congratulate Georgia on the arrival today of 43,000 vaccines, via the COVAX facility. The EU and our partners in Team Europe are the biggest supporters of COVAX, and have committed over 2.2 billion euro to ensure fair distribution of vaccines. I'm proud that a key country like Georgia is one of the first to receive deliveries to this facility. The next step is to start vaccinating, and I'm also proud that the EU and the WHO are supporting the government with training, advice, logistic support to roll-out the vaccines as quickly and efficiently as possible to those in need. Since the start of the pandemic, the EU and Team Europe have been Georgia’s strongest supporters. The EU will continue to stand by Georgia until we are all the way through”, said the Ambassador.