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Diab meets Zaspkin, discusses possibility of Lebanon receiving quantities of Russian Covid-19 vaccine

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17-08-2020 | 11:28

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Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab met on Monday with Ministers Zeina Akar, Mohammad Fahmi, Imad Hoballah, and Lamia Yammine.

Then he received the Russian ambassador, Alexander Zaspkin, with whom he discussed the possibility of Lebanon obtaining a quantity of the new Russian vaccine against Coronavirus.

Caretaker Premier also received the World Bank's Regional Director, Saroj Kumar; talks featured World Bank's blast-related aid program and poorest families aid program.

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