India Extends 'Deep Appreciation' To Nations Providing Priority Help To Battle Covid

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said the pandemic has sharpened our awareness of the depth of global interdependence, and on the fact that the world is only as resilient as the least resilient country.

India, which provided COVID-19 vaccines and medical equipment to more than 150 countries last year, extends deep appreciation in that same spirit of friendship and solidarity to those providing priority requirements to help the country battle the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Friday. Addressing the UN Security Council high-level meeting on Maintenance of international peace and security: upholding multilateralism and the United Nations-centred international system', held under the Council Presidency of permanent and veto-wielding member China, Mr Shringla said the COVID-19 pandemic has sharpened our awareness of the depth of global interdependence, and on the fact that the world is only as resilient as the least resilient country. The events of the past year have clearly demonstrated how imperative it is for all countries to coordinate responses to the various challenges that the pandemic has brought to the fore, he said. Over the past year alone, we have provided COVID-19 vaccines, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment to more than 150 countries across the world. In that same spirit of friendship and solidarity, we extend deep appreciation to those that have come forward to provide us with some priority requirements to battle the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that we are currently facing, Mr Shringla said.