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M. Varvitsiotis: Vaccination certificates from Russia, China and third countries are recognized in Greece

“Greece recognizes vaccination certificates from Russia, China and third countries, in contrast to some of these countries that do not recognize the European vaccination certificate,” said Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis during the debate in plenary. ratification of four cooperation agreements with Indonesia, Croatia, the EU-LAC International Foundation and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

The Deputy Foreign Minister noted that “our country has proceeded to unilateral recognition of vaccination certificates of almost all countries.” “Despite any reservations about certain vaccines from EU countries, such as Spouting, we” believe in this opening, as the main goal is global vaccination, global treatment of recognizing the adequacy of countries to support such certification mechanisms “.

That is why “we have proceeded to unilateral recognition of vaccination certificates, whether they come from China or Russia,” although in some countries the opposite is not the case, he added.

In fact, Mr. Varvitsiotis transferred his experience from Moscow, from where he returned yesterday, saying that while we in Greece recognize the Russian vaccination certificates and the Russian visitor can go to restaurants, theaters or cinemas, the same does not apply in Russia A federation that does not recognize the European certificate, so neither does the Greek one. “We were forced to make any contacts, we had to do a molecular test every day, which is valid there 24 hours a day, in order to be able to travel to the Russian Federation,” he said.

SOURCE: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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