First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic talked on the phone with Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India.

The Ministers discussed the current situation concerning the Covid-19 pandemic and respective measures implemented by Serbia and India to eliminate the virus and provide necessary care to those infected.

Minister Dacic conveyed gratitude to his counterpart for India's cooperation in procuring the necessary medical equipment and asked for assistance concerning the issuance of necessary approvals so that the medical equipment purchased in India could be transported to Serbia at the earliest.

Minister Jaishankar said that he would personally work to resolve this issue as soon as possible.
Ministers Dacic and Jaishankar expressed their hope that Serbia and India, as well as the whole world, would defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, agreeing to maintain further communication, in the spirit of friendly relations existing between the two countries.