Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will on Monday ask U.S. President J. Biden to share some of the Covid-19 vaccine supply, a Mexican government official said of plans for talks.
The two leaders are scheduled to hold a virtual bilateral meeting on Monday.
What the collaboration might look like – a purchase agreement, a donation or a loan – is unclear, the official told CNN.
The first step is to ask whether the United States is willing to cooperate, the source said.
There is a purchase agreement in place of Mexico For millions of vaccine doses with various vaccine manufacturers around the world, most of which are yet to be completed.
It has also purchased vaccine supplies from both Russia and China, but has not received any vaccines from the US, its most important ally and largest trading partner.
An American company called Pfizer has sent Covid-19 vaccines to Mexico – but they were made in European laboratories and have reached a relatively limited supply.
As of Sunday evening, Mexico reported under just 2.5 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
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