Covid-19: Russian Pres Putin declines British invitation to take part in coronavirus summit – Kremlin

Covid-19: Russian Pres Putin declines British invitation to take part in coronavirus summit – Kremlin
Russias President Vladimir Putin takes part in a video conference call with Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow Russia June 2 2020. SputnikAlexei NikolskyKremlin via REUTERS

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin

MOSCOW, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to take part in an online summit on a possible coronavirus vaccine being organised by the British government this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Putin received an invitation to take part in the summit from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week, the Kremlin had said.

Scheduled to take place on June 4, the Global Vaccine Summit 2020 is designed to mobilise resources needed to ensure universal availability of the vaccine against the novel coronavirus. — NNN-AGENCIES

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