Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the two leaders discussed preparations for the upcoming meeting of the G20, the Kremlin press service reports.
It is noted that the conversation took place on the initiative of the Saudi side.
"In connection with Saudi Arabia’s G20 presidency, the two leaders discussed preparations for the upcoming meeting of the G20 heads of state and government," the message reads.
Both sides expressed their satisfaction with the implementation of the OPEC+ agreements and agreed to continue closely cooperating in this area.
"They also discussed collective efforts to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the global economy and finance, including Vladimir Putin’s initiative to establish “green corridors” for the mutual supply of medicine, food, equipment and technology presented at the G20 extraordinary summit in March 2020. They paid particular attention to the prospects of joint production of the Russian vaccine to prevent further infection," the press service reports.
The Russian Ministry of Health previously registered the world's first vaccine for prevention COVID-19, developed by the Gamalei research center and produced jointly with the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Kirill Dmitriev, head of the RDIF, said that the Fund received applications from more than 20 countries to purchase a billion doses of the Russian coronavirus vaccine. At the same time, he noted that Russia agreed to produce the vaccine in five countries, the available capacity allows to produce 500 million doses per year.
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti