RDIF, EurAsEc want Armenia, Kyrgyzstan to make COVID vaccines

MOSCOW, Dec 28 (PRIME) -- The Eurasian Economic Commission (EurAsEc) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) are in discussion to involve pharmaceutical companies in Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to production of the vaccine against the coronavirus, Nikolai Kushnaryov, director of the industrial policies department of the commission, told PRIME on Monday.

"The industry authority in the commission and the RDIF are proactively discussing attraction of pharmaceutical producers of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan to development of joint ventures. It is about the vaccine," the official said.

Kushnaryov did not disclose the terms and forms of cooperation.

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