Bahrain and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) have reached an agreement to produce the Russian vaccine against coronavirus Sputnik V in the Kingdom, Bahrain's Ambassador to Moscow, Ahmed al-Saati, said at a meeting with Russian Presidential Adviser Anton Kobyakov.
"At the moment we have conducted negotiations with the Russian Direct Investment Fund and reached agreements in principle to start production of the Russian vaccine. For this purpose, together with the Russian side, we plan to build a special medical center on the territory of the Kingdom," the press service of the Roscongress Foundation quotes the diplomat on Wednesday.
At the meeting, the sides also discussed the participation of the Bahraini delegation in St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in June. In this regard, the President's Adviser recalled that last year Moscow and Manama celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations and today dynamically develop them in many areas. "Interaction within the framework of key business events, such as SPIEF, will certainly strengthen the existing ties and will contribute to the expansion of relations and the further development of business and cultural dialogue between Russia and Bahrain," Kobyakov emphasized.
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will take place on June 2-5 and will be held in person and in compliance with all the security measures. The theme of this year's forum is "COLLECTIVE RECKONING OF THE NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC REALITY". More than a hundred discussions are planned in the architecture of the business program.
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Based on materials from TASS