NEW DELHI: The relationship between India and China is at a crossroads and its direction depends on whether the neighbouring country adheres to various agreements on maintaining peace and tranquillity along the border, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday referring to the eastern Ladakh standoff.
Jaishankar said the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi s visit in 1988 to China 26 years after the 1962 conflict led to a consensus on having stability along the frontier which was followed by the signing of two important agreements in 1993 and 1996 on maintaining peace and tranquillity at the border.
The stability at the border led to the expansion of relations in several sectors, but it was adversely impacted following what happened in eastern Ladakh, he said at a webinar.
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COVID-19: 53 ventilators arrive in India from Denmark ANI | Updated: May 07, 2021 16:27 IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A shipment carrying 53 ventilators from Denmark landed here in India on Friday to support the country s fight against COVID-19. Taking forward our ties that is based on historical links and shared democratic values. Thank our friend Denmark for the shipment of 53 ventilators, the Ministry of External Affairs Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
India is currently dealing with a devastating second COVID-19 wave that has swept through the nation, straining the country s health infrastructure and overburdening frontline medical workers.
Earlier in the day, a shipment containing 449 ventilators, 100 oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies from the Netherlands arrived in India.
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France on Sunday delivered to India 28 tonnes of ready-to-use medical supplies including eight large oxygen plants as part of the first phase of its solidarity mission to the country which has been grappling with record coronavirus cases.
The French embassy said each of the eight plants can continuously supply oxygen to a 250-bed hospital round-the-clock for a dozen years and that they produce medical oxygen from ambient air. The oxygen plants will be delivered to 8 Indian hospitals, 6 in Delhi, one in Haryana, and one in Telangana, based on needs as identified by the Indian authorities, the French embassy said in a statement on Saturday.