site.btaAustrian Chancellor Kurz Hosts Five EU Prime Ministers, Includung Bulgarian PM Borissov, to Discuss Vaccine Distribution

March 16 (BTA) - A working meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis, Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krisjanis Karins, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa and Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic opened on Vienna on Tuesday, the government information services said.

The six EU leaders will discuss the fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in proportion to the size of the population of each EU member country.

Participants in the meeting back an initiative by Chancellor Kurz who at the end of last week urged European Council President Charles Michel to hold a discussion at the highest level on the matter. /MORE

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