Russia considers supplying 1 million vaccine shots to Armenia

Russia has already sent 15,000 doses of the vaccine to the former Soviet republic last month


Reuters May 06, 2021 Less than a minute read
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem. PHOTO: REUTERS

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia was considering supplying 1 million shots of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to Armenia, the RIA new agency reported.

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Russia had already sent 15,000 doses of the vaccine to the former Soviet republic last month, Lavrov was quoted as saying at a meeting with his Armenian counterpart.

Armenia's population is fewer than 3 million people.

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