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Jakarta (VOI News) - Russian Ambassador to Indonesia, Lyudmila G. Vorobyova in Jakarta on Wednesday (26/8) expressed Russia's readiness to cooperate with Indonesia in a bid to overcome Covid-19. She explained that the Russian Direct Investment Fund has stated its readiness to cooperate with Indonesia in three directions. Ambassador Lyudmila said that firstly Russia is ready to cooperate in the distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine if Russia has completed a clinical trial phase. Even Russia is also ready to provide a clinical trial facility for the vaccine in Indonesia. Moreover, she further said that Russia is also ready to produce some of the vaccine components needed domestically. She also remarked that the cooperation proposal has been submitted to the Indonesian government and Russia hopes to get a response sooner.

"Russian direct investment fund is ready to cooperate with Indonesia basically in three directions. First of all, is the sale and distribution of the vaccine when all the clinical trials are completed. We are also ready to have clinical trials in Indonesia. Of course, it will facilitate the registration of the vaccine in the country. And we are also ready to manufacture at least some of the components of the vaccine in Indonesia. So these are the proposals of the Russian direct investment fund and hopefully we will have the response from our Indonesian friends,”  said Ambassador Lyudmila.

Previously, Spokesperson of Russian Foreign Minister, Maria Zakharova in a press statement stated that the Coronavirus has brought about a negative impact on economic growth globally. This virus is also believed to have affected the daily lives of people. She also stated that the only way to effectively fight against this global challenge is through joint efforts of all international communities. (Ndy/Trans by AF)