Coronavirus - Szijjarto: Hungary to begin talks on use of Russia's Sputnik Light jab

Hungary will begin talks with Russia next week on permission to use the Russian Sputnik Light coronavirus vaccine in the country, Peter Szijjarto, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Obninsk near Moscow on Friday. Hungary is also set to begin manufacturing the Sputnik V jab at the end of next year, Szijjarto told a press conference after a meeting of the Hungarian-Russian inter-governmental economic cooperation committee. Also, the upgrade of the Paks nuclear power plant will enter into its implementation stage next year, the minister said. Russia has submitted one of the eight necessary permit requests for the project, he added.