UN chief extremely grateful for India s 200,000 COVID vaccines for peacekeepers
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Last Updated: Feb 18, 2021, 11:41 AM IST
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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while addressing the UN Security Council meeting on COVID-19 on Wednesday, announced a gift of 200,000 COVID-19 doses for the UN peacekeepers.
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is extremely grateful for the gift of 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses announced by India for peacekeepers, the spokesperson for the UN chief has said. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while addressing the UN Security Council meeting on COVID-19 on Wednesday, announced a gift of 200,000 COVID-19 doses for the UN peacekeepers. Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 doses for them, he said.
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New Delhi: India and the other Quad member countries Thursday stressed that they are committed to a “rules-based international order, underpinned by respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty”.
They also added that changes in the world make a strong case for them to work closely together. The virtual meeting of the four Quad nations India, US, Australia and Japan comes amid the ongoing disengagement process between Indian and Chinese troops at the Pangong Tso in Ladakh. India and China were locked in a bitter border standoff that began in April-May 2020.
“The ministers emphasised their commitment to upholding a rules-based international order, underpinned by respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, rule of law, transparency, freedom of navigation in the international seas and peaceful resolution of dispute,” said a statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).