While the Prime Minister of the country, Edi Rama described it as a provocation and even asked the Russian embassy to apologize for their statement to supply the Sputnik-v vaccine to Albania, the Russian embassy has reacted again.
"I thought it was a meme, what I saw, that the Russian embassy had posted from the Twitter of the director of communication, Endri Fuga, a retweet of the tweet of the head of the EC. I thought it was a meme, for a serious state it is completely inappropriate to make such provocations, and when I say provocation I am not preceding any demarche near the Russian state, because this is a ridiculous provocation, and it is not good for a serious country like Russia to be ridiculed through these posts and an embassy to behave as if it is a section of Portokalli (local comic show). I express regret because I see no reason. We are focused on Pfizer and AstraZeneca. The countries we communicate within the EU are focused on these companies. An apology from the Russian embassy would be very welcome," Rama said earlier.
The Russian Embassy says that they do not understand the Prime Minister's annoyance while saying that: The Embassy's comment was about the readiness of the authorized Russian institution - the Direct Investment Fund - to review applications from any country interested in purchasing the Russian vaccine against coronavirus, including Albania.
Full reaction of the Russian Embassy:
It is difficult to understand why the Honorable Prime Minister of Albania, Mr. Edi Rama was so upset by the comment of the Russian Embassy on its Facebook page on December 28 this year.
The Embassy only reacted to the re-tweet of the Director of Communications of the Prime Minister, Mr. E. Fuga, regarding the start of vaccination against Covid-19 in EU member states (https://twitter.com/endrifuga/status/1342754317560918018?fbclid=IwAR3QRUK_mivD6gG9x4EMlnYus64SI0oxWKE of the Government of his press conference on 24 December, during which he mentioned the difficulties in securing as soon as possible the necessary amount of vaccines for the population of the country https://top-channel.tv/2020/12/24/vaksina-e-covid-rama-vendim-per-te-ardhur-keq-nga-be-do-te-sjelle-tepricat /? = fbclid IwAR21pnyiJLNrMsMNli4rKCfWbsbtU4ier1wcaL89IBNrnELtS1EDIg9cevk
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Posted by Embassy of Russia in Albania / Посольство России в Албании on Wednesday, December 30, 2020
The Embassy's comment referred to the readiness of the authorized Russian institution - the Direct Investment Fund - to review applications from any country interested in purchasing the Russian coronavirus vaccine, including Albania. In Russia there is no doubt that uniting the efforts of all states, which have conducted scientific research and have the relevant technologies, will help humanity overcome this disaster and return civilization to the path of sustainable development. At the same time, Moscow does not impose any conditions on potential partners.
We regret that Russia's goodwill, publicly expressed, is interpreted as provocative actions. To be convinced that this is not the case, it is enough to get acquainted with the text of the comment..