The Guardian "Coronavirus diplomacy": how Russia, China and EU vie to win over Serbia

"As pandemic spreads, rival powers deploy soft power and aid to advance its foreign policy goals", British "The Guardian" reports in an article entitled "Coronavirus diplomacy: how Russia, China and EU vie to win over Serbia".
For the EU, it's trying to prove that talk of European values and solidarity is not just empty words. For China, it's changing the narrative to present the country as the solution to coronavirus, not its cause. For Russia, it's using more modest resources for maximum effect, with Russian military vehicles driving through Italy or a planeload of equipment dispatched to the US partly produced by a sanctioned company.
The Americans, focused internally under the Trump administration, have largely been absent from the coronavirus diplomacy game.
As Guardian further notices, first, the Chinese came to Belgrade, with planeloads of equipment and six medical experts to help coordinate national coronavirus policy. An emotional Serbian President kissed the Chinese flag in gratitude and criticized Europe for its lack of assistance.
Then came the Russians, who flew in less crucial but nevertheless welcome resources on military jets with much media fanfare.
Finally the Europeans came, pointing out that they had been there all along and had funded significantly more than Russia and China put together.
In Serbia, it all started on 15 March, the day president Aleksandar Vucic declared a state of emergency. It was the same day that a statement from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested a ban on exporting medical supplies from the EU bloc. This infuriated Vucic and led to an emotional outburst.
"European solidarity does not exist. It was a fairy tale. I have sent a special letter to the only ones...