“In the spirit of traditionally friendly Russian-Serbian relations, it was agreed to provide humanitarian assistance to Serbia in order to counter the spread of infection,” the Kremlin said.

Assistance, including referral of specialists, will be mainly provided through the Ministry of Defense of Russia, they noted there.

On March 26, the Serbian government asked Russia to help the country in the fight against coronavirus.

Then the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country sent a request within the framework of an agreement between the governments of the two countries on cooperation in the field of emergency humanitarian response.