• Thursday, 28 November 2024

Government forms working group to transport Besa Trans crash victims

Government forms working group to transport Besa Trans crash victims
Skopje, 25 November 2021 (MIA) — At its session Thursday, the government formed a working group led by Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani and including Minister of Transport and Communications Blagoj Bochvarski, Minister of Labor and Social Policy Jagoda Shahpaska and Minister of Health Venko Filipche to coordinate the transportation of the injured in the Besa Trans bus accident and the remains of the victims to North Macedonia. “The Government has instructed the Ministry of Health to provide ambulances for the injured and to fully cover the financial costs for their transportation to the country as well as to provide them with the required health care regardless of their health insurance status,” the official press release says. In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will make the arrangements for transporting the remains of the victims from Bulgaria. The government will also cover the costs for their burial. The Ministry of Interior will provide police to escort the vehicles, the release adds. mr/