Indian Foreign Minister Subramaniam Jaishankar
India, which has a developed pharmaceutical industry, is ready to help with the production and distribution of a vaccine against coronavirus infection. This statement was made by Foreign Minister Subramaniyam Jaishankar during the plenary session of the 15th East Asia Summit. This was reported on the website of the Indian Foreign Ministry.
The summit participants paid attention to the problems of the Asia-Pacific region, including strengthening regional security, ensuring sustainable economic growth, as well as combating COVID-19. Discussing the situation with the coronavirus, the head of the department recalled the promise of the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said that his country would help the world community.
Modi made the corresponding statement during the general political debate of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (GA) in September. “The production and supply of vaccines in India will be used to help all of humanity fight this crisis,” Aljazeera quoted him as saying. He also pledged that New Delhi would help other countries to improve the storage and transportation of medicines, as well as support in expanding storage capacity for the delivery of vaccines.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke about the interest of dozens of countries in Russian vaccines against coronavirus. According to the head of state, “dozens of countries have already expressed a desire to establish cooperation in the supply and joint production of these drugs.”
