The President of Argentina intends to discuss with Putin the purchase of the vaccine and bilateral relations

Earlier Alberto Fernandez reported that Argentina had the opportunity to purchase 25 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine.

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez intends to hold a video call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss bilateral relations and plans to purchase the coronavirus vaccine “Sputnik V”. This was announced to TASS on Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South America.

On Monday, President Fernandez said that Argentina had the opportunity to purchase 25 million Sputnik V vaccines between December and January. According to the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, Kirill Dmitriev, vaccines for South America will be produced by RDIF partners in India, China and South Korea.