New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told Israel and Brazil that India is ready to do whatever is possible to help its friends in the fight against the novel coronavirus.
Modi made the remarks after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro thanked New Delhi for allowing the export of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the raw materials to produce it.
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We have to jointly fight this pandemic.
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India is ready to do whatever is possible to help our friends.
Praying for the well-being and good health of the people of Israel. @netanyahu https://t.co/jChdGbMnfH
">We have to jointly fight this pandemic.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 10, 2020
India is ready to do whatever is possible to help our friends.
Praying for the well-being and good health of the people of Israel. @netanyahu https://t.co/jChdGbMnfHWe have to jointly fight this pandemic.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 10, 2020
India is ready to do whatever is possible to help our friends.
Praying for the well-being and good health of the people of Israel. @netanyahu https://t.co/jChdGbMnfH
The drug has been cited by many as a viable therapeutic solution to fight the coronavirus infection.
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"Thank you President @jairbolsonaro. The India-Brazil partnership is stronger than ever in these challenging times," Modi wrote on Twitter.
"India is committed to contribute to humanity's fight against this pandemic," he said.
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Thank you President @jairbolsonaro. The India-Brazil partnership is stronger than ever in these challenging times.
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India is committed to contribute to humanity's fight against this pandemic. https://t.co/uIKmvXPUo7
">Thank you President @jairbolsonaro. The India-Brazil partnership is stronger than ever in these challenging times.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 10, 2020
India is committed to contribute to humanity's fight against this pandemic. https://t.co/uIKmvXPUo7Thank you President @jairbolsonaro. The India-Brazil partnership is stronger than ever in these challenging times.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 10, 2020
India is committed to contribute to humanity's fight against this pandemic. https://t.co/uIKmvXPUo7
Modi was responding to a tweet by President Bolsonaro who thanked him for allowing shipment of raw material needed to produce hydroxychloroquine.
In a tweet to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Modi said, "We have to jointly fight this pandemic. India is ready to do whatever is possible to help our friends." "Praying for the well-being and good health of the people of Israel," he said.
Earlier, Netanyahu thanked PM Modi for sending hydroxychloroquine to Israel.
India agreed to lift the ban on export of hydroxychloroquine and supply it on case-to-case basis. It produces 70 per cent of the world's supply of hydroxychloroquine, according to Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA) secretary-general Sudarshan Jain.
India had received similar requests from several other countries including its immediate neighbours Sri Lanka and Nepal. Notably, India's decision to ban the exports of hydroxychloroquine was driven by its desire to take stock of the domestic requirements and ensure that the country has enough of the drug.
(With inputs from PTI)
