BRUSSELS, Jan 6 – Some 13 member states of the European Union have written to the European Commission with a request to be more active in providing assistance to the Eastern Partnership countries, including Ukraine, to receive a vaccine against coronavirus (COVID-19).

The fact of receiving the letter was confirmed by Representative of the European Commission Ana Pisonero at a briefing in Brussels on Wednesday.

Pisonero said she can confirm that the European Commission received this letter in the morning and will answer it in due time.