Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin would like their coronavirus vaccines and related certificates to be better regarded. They made it known to the other heads of state and government of the G20.
Speeches broadcast by videoconference
Absent during the first face-to-face summit organized by the G20 since the start of the coronavirus, this weekend in Rome (Italy), Xi Jinping and Vladimir Poutine had each prepared a speech. Their speeches were broadcast by videoconference. The two heads of state pleaded for mutual recognition of the different vaccines available against Covid-19, especially between countries that are members of the group of twenty large industrialized countries, including China and Russia.
“Some states, especially those of the G20, are not ready for mutual recognition of vaccines”
The Russian leader indicated that “despite the decisions of G20, not all countries that need it can have access to vaccines“. V. Putin believes that it is “due to unfair competition, protectionism”, the fact that “some states, especially those of the G20, are not ready for mutual recognition of vaccines and vaccination certificates”. He recalled that his country was the first in the world to approve a antidote (Sputnik V). Their serum is already approved in 70 countries, and shows“a high level of safety and efficiency”.
Xi Jinping calls for a form of reciprocity
For his part, the president Xi Jinping also asked “mutual recognition of vaccines“, reports state television CCTV. The vaccines Chinese Sinopharm and Sinovac are used in 70 and 37 countries and territories respectively, according to data relayed by the media. The World Health Organization has urgently approved the antidotes Sinopharm and Sinovac, so Sputnik V is under review. However, neither the United States, nor the European Medicines Agency, nor countries of the European Union have approved these Chinese and Russian vaccines.
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