MOSCOW, October 2. / TASS /. The Russian Foreign Ministry expects that in the EU, when considering the issue of recognizing Russian vaccines, not political considerations, but economic considerations and a desire to make it easier for European citizens. The deputy head of the department, Alexander Grushko, will announce this to journalists on Saturday.

“She [российская вакцина] will be recognized, the process is not easy, but it did not stop. We proceed from the premise that, in the end, it is not political considerations that will prevail, but competition, the unification of efforts in the fight against this disease. The most important thing is to make life easier for people, it is necessary to cross borders, and in this sense, the process will end with the certification of our vaccines – within the framework of WHO and EMA (European Medicines Agency – TASS) – by EU agents, “he said.

Sputnik V has not yet received an EMA for use in the European Union. With regard to this Russian vaccine, the position of the European Commission has remained unchanged since the start of the EU covid certification system in early July. Vaccine system in Russia on August 11, 2020, an officially registered drug for coronavirus.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Murashko, said that all barriers that prevented Russian registration of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine with the World Health Organization have been removed.