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When 1 million doses of the inactivated coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese company Sinopharm arrived at Serbia’s Belgrade Airport on January 16, President Aleksandar Vucic was there to receive them. Vucic described the arrival as “proof of the great friendship between Serbia and China.” The second batch of Chinese vaccines landed a month later.

The vaccine cooperation between China and Serbia represents their bilateral synergy in miniature. It also symbolizes the wider collaboration between China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries.

Guided by the conviction that ‘17 plus 1 could make more than 18,’ we have set up a multidimensional cooperation framework led by the leaders’

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