Russia has not provided the EC with the documents necessary for the recognition of covid certificates since July, the EU Ambassador told RBC. The certificates would allow travel without quarantine. The Ministry of Health said that the documents were sent
Markus Ederer (Photo: Vladislav Shatilo / RBC)
“The Russian side has not yet prepared the necessary documents to be sent to the European Commission in Brussels. I regret this, because the mutual recognition of equivalence, including the recognition by Russia of the EU digital covid certificates, would definitely make life easier for people traveling in both directions, “said EU Ambassador to Russia Markus Ederer in an interview with RBC.
Read the full text of the interview on the RBC website at 7.00 Moscow time on October 8.
The diplomat noted that the mutual recognition of certificates would allow those travelers who were vaccinated against coronavirus or have suffered a disease, avoid quarantine measures in the respective countries. Ederer confirmed that this rule would also apply to Russian citizens vaccinated with Sputnik V, although the vaccine has not yet been recognized in the EU.
“2.5 months ago , in July, we provided the Ministry of Health with all the necessary information and requirements for making a decision on the recognition of the equivalence of Russian certificates and digital covid certificates of the EU (that is, the Russian certificate of vaccination is recognized in the European Union and vice versa. – RBC ). Such decisions on equivalence have already been taken in respect of 16 countries, including Israel, Turkey, North Macedonia. Another 15 countries are on the way to this, ”the diplomat said. RBC sent inquiries to the press service of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. September 30th.
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