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Vaccine Diplomacy: A helping hand for a good cause Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.)
It has been a diplomatic coup of sorts. That’s precisely what the Narendra Modi government could have expected after it unveiled Vaccine Maitri, an initiative to send millions of doses of the Indian manufactured Covid-19 vaccines to its neighbouring countries, and sometimes even as far as the Middle East and South America.
India had earlier supplied hydroxychloroquine, Remdesivir, and paracetamol tablets, as well as diagnostic kits, ventilators, masks, gloves, and other medical supplies to a large number of countries during the pandemic. This time, however, even as the country rolled out what’s touted as the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme, it also deftly moved to send vaccines to neighbouring countries.
Updated: Jan 29, 2021 04:02:09 PM IST
India s ambassador Suresh Reddy, Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo, Brazil s Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello and Communications Minister Fabio Faria prepare to receive two million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from India, at Sao Paulo International Airport in Guarulhos, Brazil January 22, 2021.
Image: Amanda Perobelli/ REUTERS
It’s been a diplomatic coup of sorts. And, it certainly hasn’t gone down very well with China.
But that’s precisely what the Narendra Modi government could have expected after it unveiled Vaccine Maitri, an initiative to send millions of doses of the Indian manufactured Covid-19 vaccines to its neighbouring countries, and sometimes even as far as the Middle East and South America.
by Tahir Ali
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 29 (Gwadar Pro) - China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a rare window of opportunity for Pakistan to enter an era of progress and technological change. It is a catalyst for development but it is not a panacea for all of our problems, we will have to work double the speed to reap its real benefits, noted Khalid Masood, a former Ambassador of Pakistan to Iran, Iraq, China, Saudi Arabia and Mongolia, while addressing the online seminar CPEC and the Education Sector held to highlight the role of academia during the second phase of CPEC.
Khalid Masood, the longest serving ambassador of Pakistan to China (2013-19), said that CPEC would be a game changer if it is used as a vehicle by Pakistan to become self-reliant and do value upgradation of its outdated system. We have to change our mindset, we cannot just depend on China, which is helping us according to its capacity but we will have to work hard to reap the real benefits of CPEC, he said.
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