
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Presidium of the State Council, via a video conference call in Sochi, Russia September 28, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS
September 29, 2020
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday discussed possible medical cooperation, including on the development of COVID-19 vaccines, the Kremlin said in a statement.
The Kremlin not give more detail on the nature of the potential cooperation that it said was discussed in the leaders’ phone call.
(Reporting by Polina Devitt; Writing by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Editing by Andrew Heavens)