Ultimate success when it comes to defending against the coronavirus pandemic depends on the vaccines, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said after meeting Igor Matovič, Slovakia’s deputy prime minister and finance minister, in Budapest on Friday.
Hungary has the second highest inoculation rate in the European Union relative to its population, Szijjártó added. “We’re vaccinating more people than others and that is because we have more vaccines than others,” he said, noting that Hungary had also purchased jabs from the East. In response to a question, Szijjártó said that under its deal with Russia, Hungary was set to receive another 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V jabs that will serve as first shots and 700,000 that will be used as second shots.
Matovič said Slovakia has had its Sputnik V vaccines in storage for six weeks when they could have been used to save lives. He also praised the Hungarian government’s courage for purchasing Eastern vaccines, which resulted in a better position for the country.
Matovič was later received by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, according to information from the PM’s press office. Matovič shared a video on social media after his meeting with Orbán, in which the Hungarian premier said Hungary was prepared to help Slovakia in every way it could and wished the country success in its fight against the pandemic.
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