Dear Silviu,

Upon our communication, kindly ask you to provide as early as possible the details of the goods (number of boxes, volume, growth weight) to be delivered from China in order to identify the options of transportations.

Best regards,

Maia

ეს საკითხი მნიშვნელოვანია და გავიაროთ როცა შეძლებთ.

Dear Tamar,

As a follow-up on the cargo with PPEs under the EU project for Eastern Partnership countries, I would like to inform you that all the supplies are ready for transportation in China (Guangzhou).

The main cause of delay in their delivery is the lack of aircrafts to bring the supplies from China to Eastern Partnership countries and our Regional Office is looking now for quick solutions.

In this regard, I would like to check with you quickly about the eventual interest of Georgia to airlift the supplies from China, first of all to Georgia, but possibly also to Armenia and Moldova…

In case this is of interest, we can discuss the details of covering the costs.

I perfectly understand this decision is not with you, but maybe you can explore and let me know if it would be worth discussing it at higher levels.

It might be a bold affirmation of Georgia in its foreign policy and also within Eastern Partnership.

We can always talk on phone, if needed.

Thank you!

Silviu

Dear Silviu

Many thanks for letting me know. Sounds really great. Sure, I will not share this information with anyone until the shipment is delivered. Just CC-ing Maya and Tinatin (Head of Ministry Administration) to keep them in the loop of this development.

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia, MD, MPH

First Deputy Minister

Dear Tamar,

This is just to let you know in advance that we expect a quite significant cargo with PPEs under the EU project for Eastern Partnership countries in the coming weeks.

Namely, the week of 15 June we expect:

1,081,000 surgical masks

30,000 gowns

316,000 gloves for examination

13,200 goggles

5,000 face shields.

And the week of 29 June we expect:

328,000 N95 respirators

I hope nothing will change under the current circumstances and we get everything we expect and during the mentioned weeks.

But I would still not spread this information too much, until we know exactly the time of cargo’s arrival.

I just thought the information might be useful, as you are starting now big procurements with WB money.

No concerns about duplications, as PPEs are needed in big quantities, but it might take longer until you get the supplies under WB procurement and our supplies could arrive earlier, so you can plan better their distribution.

I will get back to you on this closer to the event, to see how we ensure visibility for the EU.

With best regards,

Silviu