VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobyova again emphasized Russia's readiness to cooperate with Indonesia in the development of the Covid-19 vaccine.

She said in a press statement delivered virtually, Wednesday, in Jakarta, that a number of companies from Indonesia had expressed interest in working with Russia to develop a vaccine.

She also reiterated Russia's stance in supporting Indonesia in pushing for equal rights for all countries in the world to get access to the Covid-19 vaccine.

"I would like to reiterate that Russia is ready to cooperate with Indonesia in producing and distributing the vaccine," the ambassador said.

"We support the stand of Indonesia that all small or large countries should have equal access to the anti-corona virus vaccine and we are ready to cooperate with Indonesia in this area," she said.

"Our proposal is already tabled to the relevant authorities of Indonesia. Some of the companies in Indonesia have shown interest and there are talks and consultations going on," Vorobyva added.

Lyudmila Vorobyva said that the Russian Sputnik V vaccine had been registered with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Russia claims that they are the first country to register their vaccine with WHO.

Lyudmila said that currently, Sputnik V has entered the final clinical trial stage involving more than 40 thousand people and Russia is ready to carry out mass vaccinations.

Apart from Sputnik V, currently, Russian vaccine manufacturers are also developing 2 other types of vaccines, namely Vector Vaccine and EpiVac. (VOI)