Trudeau, who made a phone call to the prime minister, said that if the world succeeded in conquering Covid-19, it would be significantly due to India’s tremendous pharmaceutical capacity and Modi’s leadership in sharing this capacity with the world, according to a report from the Prime Minister. Office Statement (PMO).
During the call, Prime Minister Trudeau briefed Modi on Canada’s requirements for Covid-19 vaccines from India.
I was happy to get a call from my friend @JustinTrudeau. He assured her that India would do everything possible to facilitate… https://t.co/5TSXmJhLHx
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1612976223000
Prime Minister Modi assured his Canadian counterpart that India would do everything possible to support Canada’s vaccination efforts, just as it had done with many other countries.
“I was pleased to receive a call from my friend Justin Trudeau. I assured him that India would do everything possible to facilitate the supply of the Covid vaccines sought by Canada,” Modi said in a tweet.
“We also agreed to continue collaborating on other important issues such as Climate Change and global economic recovery,” he said.
The two leaders also reiterated the common perspective shared by India and Canada on many important geopolitical issues. They agreed to continue close collaboration between the two countries in the fight against global challenges such as climate change and the economic impacts of the pandemic, the PMO said.
The leaders expected to meet in several major international forums later this year and continue their discussions on all topics of mutual interest, he said.
India is one of the world’s largest drug manufacturers and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for coronavirus vaccines.
Last week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said that India had shipped 56 lakh of coronavirus vaccines under subsidies to various countries, while 100 lakh of doses were shipped with commercial supplies.
India has already launched a massive coronavirus vaccination campaign under which two vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are administered to front-line healthcare workers across the country.
While Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield is being manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and Covaxin is being produced by Bharat Biotech.
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