The parties discussed the prospects for joint production of vaccines against coronavirus infection COVID-19. 

In addition, the leaders touched upon the internal Ukrainian settlement, and also congratulated each other on the Christmas and New Year holidays. 

“Some aspects of the internal Ukrainian settlement were also touched upon, primarily in the context of the implementation of the Minsk“ Package of Measures ”and the agreements reached during the“ Normandy ”summits," the message says. 

On December 22, Putin held a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, during which the parties discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.