India-EU summit: PM Modi asks leaders to support vaccine patent waiver, EU extends solidarity
During the summit today, several EU leaders individually thanked India for the medical supplies last year as Europe battled the pandemic. (Image: Twitter/VikasSwarup)
Updated: May 8, 2021, 07:35 PM IST
The first-ever India+27 EU member states summit began Saturday, with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling EU leadership to support trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights TRIPS waiver at WTO for COVID related treatments and vaccines.
Last week, US extended support for the waiver, which came in the backdrop of PM Modi-US President Joe Biden s talks. The wavier will help in the production of more COVID vaccines helping ease the situation globally.
May 08, 2021, 19:45 PM IST
New Delhi: The first-ever summit between India and 27 EU member nations began Saturday (May 8, 2021) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling EU leadership to support Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver at WTO for COVID-related treatments and vaccines.
Last week, the US had extended support for the wavier, which came in the backdrop of PM Modi and US President Joe Biden s talks. The wavier will help in the increasing the production of COVID-19 vaccines which in turn would help in easing the global situation.
This is the second time such format of the meet has been conducted. In March, US President Biden meet with EU member states.
Saturday, 08 May 2021 11:14 AM MYT
Past EU-India summits have involved only the Indian prime minister and the EU’s chief executive and its chairman, both of whom will be listening in for the two-hour summit. Reuters pic
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