The EU-European Union held a summit meeting on the 25th, confirming the importance of strengthening export control for the new coronavirus vaccine, and agreed to hurry to introduce a vaccine certificate.
At the summit meeting held online, discussions were held on vaccines for the new coronavirus, which has been delayed in supply.
The EU has introduced measures that require a permit to be obtained when exporting vaccines manufactured in the region, and on the 24th, the EU executive body, the European Commission, proposed to each country to strengthen this measure. was doing.
In response, the leaders of each country agreed to confirm the importance of strengthening export control and to request pharmaceutical companies to supply according to the contract.
We also confirmed that we will urgently prepare a vaccine certificate that we are aiming to introduce by the summer tourism season in order to realize free movement within the region.
US President Joe Biden, who was invited by the EU, also participated in the summit and agreed to cooperate on global issues such as responding to the new coronavirus and rebuilding the economy.
It is the first time that the President of the United States has participated in the EU summit since President Obama in 2009, and he reiterated the two sides' stance toward strengthening cooperation.