Lithuania has cancelled its decision to donate COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh after the country abstained during the United Nations General Assembly vote on condemning Russiaâs invasion of Ukraine, Rasa JakilaitienÄ, a spokeswoman for the prime minister, has said.
Earlier this week, the government decided to send 444,600 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Bangladesh.
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that demands Russia to âimmediatelyâ withdraw from Ukraine.
After more than two days of debate, which saw the Ukrainian ambassador accuse Russia of genocide, 141 out of 193 UN member states voted in favour of the non-binding resolution.
Bangladesh was among the 35 countries that abstained, while just five â Eritrea, North Korea, Syria, Belarus, and, of course, Russia â voted against it.
The resolution âdeploresâ the invasion of Ukraine âin the strongest termsâ and condemns Russian President Vladimir Putinâs decision to put his nuclear forces on alert.
At the same time, the General Assembly expressed its support for Ukraineâs sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity.
zohash on March 7th, 2022 at 08:03 UTC »
Russia has been helping Bangladesh in building its first ever nuclear power plant, apparently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooppur\_Nuclear\_Power\_Plant
Speculawyer on March 7th, 2022 at 05:46 UTC »
Those Baltic states take the Russian threat VERY seriously.
They were stuck in the Soviet Union for 51 years.
Cimmangwashere on March 7th, 2022 at 05:28 UTC »
Bangladesh government being lobbied be like: "It's just a vote, no one would care"