Taking this opportunity to talk to the President of Azerbaijan this week, I thanked Azerbaijan for its financial support of the global response to COVID-19, for its cooperation with the WHO, for the protection of VaccinEquity, and for its solidarity with the Non-Aligned Movement.

Axar.az reports that the statement came from the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus on Twitter.

"We had a very constructive dialogue with President Ilham Aliyev on VaccinEquity. Thanking them for their commitment, I assured them that the WHO-COVAX partnership is ready to support Azerbaijan in receiving and deploying its first vaccine in the next few days. We are together! ”The head of the organization added.