Jakarta, Oct 29(UNI) Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday urged richer countries to share their vaccines with poorer ones in an effort to fight the COVID pandemic more evenly and effectively, during an interview with the BBC.

Mr Widodo said it "shouldn't be just a few countries that get all the vaccines, and some other countries get only a little", in a reference to the uneven distribution of the COVID vaccine between the rich and poor countries.

Mr Widodo was speaking ahead of participating in the G20 and COP26 meetings, where he will be meeting other world leaders.

Indonesia was one of the countries hardest hit by the COVID pandemic.

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