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The President of Russia met, via videoconference, with the RDIF expert council, leaders of the international investment community and representatives of foreign companies producing the Sputnik V vaccine.
St Petersburg,04 June 2021
Ceremonies to launch the production of the Sputnik V vaccine in the Republic of Serbia and the Argentine Republic were held as part of the event with the participation of President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic and President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez.
The meeting was attended by representatives of the international investment community from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, Canada, China, Singapore, Brazil, France, Kazakhstan, Germany, Japan, Italy and Thailand. Manufacturers of the Sputnik V vaccine included companies from Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Germany, the Republic of Korea, India, Italy, Mexico, Belarus, China, Brazil, Iran, Serbia, Turkey and Argentina.
Russia was represented at the meeting by First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov, Presidential Aide Maxim Oreshkin, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev and members of the RDIF Supervisory Board, including Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov and Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Friends, ladies and gentlemen,
Mr Fernandez, Mr Vucic,
Traditionally, during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum we hold meetings with members of the international investment and business community.
The agenda, the key item of today’s discussion, is, of course, related to the common challenge facing humankind – the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore, we proposed this special format with the participation of our colleagues from leading pharmaceutical companies, which, with the support of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, are setting up production of the Sputnik V vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Research Centre.
I am pleased to see the leaders of Argentina and Serbia join our discussion. The full-scale production of Sputnik V will begin in these two countries today.
I am confident that the discussion, with the participation of such a representative group, will allow us to more effectively coordinate efforts to counter the pandemic, and vaccination is of crucial importance.
To reiterate, it is critically important to increase the production of effective and affordable vaccines in order to halt the spread of infection, protect people’s health and lives, and improve their well-being, primarily by lifting emergency restrictions on business activity and restoring global growth.
To be continued.
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