The Deputy Minister of Health Prof Emine Alp Meşe held a video conference with the First Deputy CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Tagir Sitdekov on September 1, 2020. During the meeting, the parties discussed many issues such as intense vaccine development efforts, opportunities for cooperation between the two countries, reports on the vaccine developed by Russia's Gamaleya Institute, and the memorandum of understanding signed between the Minister of Health and RDIF.