African Union and European Union to Strengthen Cooperation on COVID-19

Lifestyle & TravelHealth ♦ Published: October 29, 2021; 13:04 ♦ (Vindobona)

Representatives of the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU), including Austrian Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, recently met in Kigali, Rwanda. The COVID-19 pandemic, especially unequal vaccine distribution, was a central topic of discussion. Read more about the meeting and the effort to increase vaccine access around the globe.

Austrian Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal: "In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, we urgently need rapid and comprehensive immunization, including in Africa." / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Arne Müseler (www.arne-mueseler.com) / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en)

The Austrian Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal recently attended the second meeting of European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) Ministers in Kigali, Rwanda.

The ministers from both the EU and the AU agreed that there should be increased cooperation between them, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, especially the limited access to vaccines in Africa, was a central topic of discussion. …