“We are very pleased that the joint struggle of Russia and India against COVID-19, which today is one of the most important areas of our bilateral cooperation, is firmly on the rails and is moving forward,” Kudashev said in a statement to TASS.
The ambassador also noted the timely delivery of the medicine.
"Russian experts said that the drug is effective against new strains of coronavirus," he stressed.
Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that Russian vaccines against coronavirus infection COVID-19 are effective against the Indian strain of coronavirus.