Former president of Croatia: Issue of protecting world from pandemics remains open

The issue of protecting the world from future pandemics is still open, former president of Croatia, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic said at a panel discussion of the XI Global Baku Forum, Report informs.

According to her, after the start of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the coronavirus was forgotten: “However, the virus is still there. The processes taking place in the world do not exclude another pandemic. But we do not know when and where this will happen.”

The ex-president of Croatia added that there is no final decision on how to manage the funds allocated to counter the pandemic: “We need to work on this. The uneven distribution of vaccines around the world is also a concern.”