Putin: Eliminate illegal trade sanctions and collaborate on vaccines

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September 22, 2020The economic challenges posed by the pandemic reinforce the thesis that world trade must be freed from illegitimate sanctions: Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the UN General Assembly, in a pre-recorded video, speaking with both the Russian flag and that of the United Nations. 

"The removal of trade barriers and restrictions will help boost the economy and reduce unemployment," said the Russian president.

"Global politics must pave the way for trade and competition to reduce economic losses following the coronavirus pandemic."

Losses "not yet quantified globally," he explained.

Against the pandemic "we will need to develop new shared solutions, the only way is to work together", "we are open to relationships and collaboration on vaccines", "sharing information" and also "providing the Russian vaccine, which has proved to be reliable," safe and effective, to other countries. Russia is confident that the full capacity of the pharmaceutical industry must be used to deliver the vaccine to the populations of all states in the short term. "

So the Russian president.

Furthermore, "we offer our vaccine for free to UN staff". 

Moscow wants a binding agreement between all space powers to ban the deployment of weapons in space and the use of force against objects in orbit, Putin later said in the video addressed to the General Assembly of the ' UN.