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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad discussed Russian vaccine supplies to Syria and cooperation against COVID-19 during a phone call on Monday, the Kremlin said.
In a readout of the call, the Kremlin also said Assad had told Putin about preparations ahead of a presidential election in May.
(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy, Vladimir Soldatkin; Writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Alison Williams)
