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Angela Merkel told Vladimir Putin she was “open to the idea” of producing Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine in the EU as part of efforts to address widespread shortages across the continent.
Following talks between the German chancellor and the Russian president, the Kremlin issued a statement stating that “issues of cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic were discussed, highlighting potential customers for joint production of vaccines,” Politico reports.
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A spokesman for Merkel said the chancellor had told Putin “that she is open to bilateral cooperation aimed at exploiting European production capacities [of the Russian vaccine]. “The spokesman added that the proposal was contingent on the approval of Sputnik by the European Medicines Agency. Vaccine V.
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