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India has sent Peru 250,000 saline bottles to treat patients suffering from dehydration, underlining its commitment to the South American country as a genuine development partner.
Vishvas Sapkal, Indian Ambassador to Peru, handed over the donation to Peru’s Ministry of Health on Friday (local time).
Several senior Peruvian officials, including Alberto Tejada Conroy, Director General, International Cooperation in the Ministry of Health, Eric Vasquez Calderon, Joint Director, National Centre for the Supply of Strategic Health Resources (CENARES), and Abel Cardenas, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thanked the Indian government for its assistance.
In a significant gesture of solidarity with its Global South partners, India sent 32 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Peru, including 250,000 units of physiological saline solution.
“Caring for each other as Global South partners — India dispatches 32 tonnes of humanitarian assistance to Peru. A consignment of 250,000 units of physiological saline solution will support patients suffering from dehydration in Peru,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had posted on X, following the dispatch of the consignment.
India-Peru ties have long been warm and friendly. The broad scope of bilateral collaboration includes health and pharmaceuticals, energy and mining, textiles and agriculture, research and technology, defense and space, capacity building, people-to-people relations, and culture. According to the MEA, India and Peru have extensive cooperation on international issues.
In 2023, India handed out 1000 vials of Human Immunoglobulin to the Peruvian Health Ministry in response to an increase in Guillain-Barre Syndrome cases.
India has consistently provided humanitarian aid to its Global South allies.
Last month, India dispatched a consignment of 10,000 doses of rabies vaccine and 2,000 vials of rabies immunoglobulin to Timor-Leste.
The MEA expressed India’s commitment to being a trusted health partner and reliable ‘First Responder’ to the Global South.
“India has dispatched an urgent consignment of 10,000 doses of rabies vaccine and 2,000 vials of rabies immunoglobulin to Timor-Leste, to assist in combating an outbreak. India remains committed to being a trusted health partner and reliable First Responder to the Global South,” the ministry posted on X.
Source: IANS
