France is ready to send 200,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Armenia, French President Emmanuel Macron said on social media on Tuesday, August 3.

"Armenians are going through many hardships. With friendship and solidarity, I am telling them: France will always be standing by your side," Macron tweeted.

"France is ready to send 200,000 doses of vaccines to Yerevan. We will beat the virus together."

It was reported earlier that Lithuania was going to donate 27,500 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Armenia.