Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Ministry of Health: France stands ready to prolong providing Ukraine with medical equipment and pharmaceuticals

France will continue to provide comprehensive support to the healthcare sector of our country, promptly respond to requests from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine regarding the need for medical supplies, equipment and consumables. In particular, in the coming days Ukraine waits another batch of humanitarian aid from its French partners.

This was announced by the Minister of Health Victor Liashko during a meeting

with Etienne de Poncins, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Ukraine.

"Deep gratitude to our French colleagues for the assistance our country has received since the first day of the war. And we are talking not about humanitarian support alone. Today, with the support of the first ladies of Ukraine and France, Ukrainian children with serious illnesses are already receiving highly specialized medical care in French clinics. We also appreciate the fact that France stands ready to join the dialogue on the reconstruction of Ukraine after the victory over the aggressor, especially with regard to investments in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors," said the Minister.

According to the Minister of Health, the issue of continuing the activities of global pharmaceutical companies in russia is now acute. The Ministry of Health will continue to insist on the withdrawal of French pharmaceutical companies from the russian market.

russian terrorists are killing civilians, raping women and children, firing on medics and volunteers, and destroying hospitals. Therefore, we must take all possible measures to stop these atrocities, as well as though creating of limited access to medicines in the aggressor country. The russians have (or at least had) the opportunity to prevent this - to put pressure on the authorities and withdraw their troops from Ukraine.

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