“The Prime Minister has invited President Putin to take part in the Global Vaccine Summit, which the UK will host in June in virtual mode to help healthcare systems in the world's poorest countries and help them fight coronavirus,” TASS Downing Street reports.

This summit is being held with the goal of securing funding for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization for 2021–2025.

Earlier, the British Foreign Office said that London maintains a dialogue with Russia in countering the coronavirus pandemic.