Landsbergis: Sputnik must not be transported from Moscow

Chancellor Gabriel Landsberg says he believes the Sputnik vaccine purchase issue will not be a major issue anytime soon, as there are “hundreds” of manufacturers looking to have their COVID-19 vaccine used in Europe.

“To my knowledge there are now hundreds of vaccine manufacturers seeking approval. Even if a large part of them could not pass the tests and register successfully, there will still be many vaccines on the market, “Landsbergis told reporters Tuesday.” We will definitely have a much broader option than we have now, “he added. He said he supported Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė’s position that Lithuania would not buy the Russian vaccine “Sputnik”, even if it was approved by the European Medicines Agency.

“I support the prime minister’s position that the Sputnik sun should not be transported from Moscow, and it really seems to me that there is a geostrategic decision from Lithuania to buy vaccines here, because they are bought with the money of our taxpayers from countries that are close to us in courage, “Head of Lithuanian Diplomacy. “We probably don’t want to pay money to a producer who will then buy munitions for the same money through the budget, which can be used in, say, eastern Ukraine,” he said.