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Turkey aims to produce Russia's Sputnik V vaccine domestically

Speaking during a press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in a statement that Turkey had a plan to produce Russia's novel coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V domestically.

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Published December 29,2020
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Turkey aims to produce Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V domestically, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Tuesday.

Turkey requested more information from Russia about the vaccine and Health Minister Fahrettin Koca informed the presidential cabinet on Monday that everything was on the right track, Çavuşoğlu said.

He was speaking alongside his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi.