EU and Japan back Olympics in anti-Covid 'unity'

BRUSSELS/TOKYO - The EU and Japan have said "we support the holding of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 in a safe and secure manner this summer as a symbol of global unity in defeating Covid-19" after a video-summit Thursday, in which Europe authorised export of 100 million doses of vaccine to Japan.

"We are looking forward to the Olympic Games," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen also told press.

 

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