(ANSA) - BELGRADE, FEB 2 - The NATO's Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) has coordinated the donation to Montenegro of 20 sets of ventilator equipment from the so-called 'NATO Pandemic Response Stockpile', NATO said in a statement. The ventilators will be distributed to local hospitals in Montenegro.

The donation was made possible by financial contributions by the Czech Republic, Lithuania, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, the United Kingdom and the United States. "This builds on a previous shipment of 20 ventilators to the Ministry of Health" and "additional medical equipment is expected to be delivered to Montenegro in the coming weeks," NATO said.

NATO has approved 10 assistance packages for Albania, Czech Republic, Montenegro and North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Moldova, Tunisia and Ukraine and additional assistance is approved to North Macedonia and Ukraine. (ANSA).