New Delhi (NVI): India and Afghanistan will combat COVID-19 together with solidarity and shared resolve, just like the two countries have fought jointly against the scourge of terrorism in the past, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
The Prime Minister was responding to a tweet by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in which the latter thanked PM Modi and India for the supply of hydroxychloroquine tablets and wheat.
“India and Afghanistan share a special friendship, based on ties of history, geography, and culture. For long, we have fought jointly against the scourge of terrorism. We will similarly combat COVID-19 together, with solidarity and shared resolve,” the PM said in a tweet.
India and Afghanistan share a special friendship, based on ties of history, geography, and culture.
For long, we have fought jointly against the scourge of terrorism. We will similarly combat COVID-19 together, with solidarity and shared resolve. @ashrafghani https://t.co/du6Rw0jvPV
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 20, 2020
On April 12, India had shipped the first consignment of 5,022 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan as a humanitarian gesture to ensure food security during the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Ghani in his tweet today said: “Thank you my friend Prime Minister @narendramodi, and thank you India for providing 500K tablets of hydroxychloroquine, 100K tablets of paracetamol, and 75,000 metric tons of wheat that the first consignment of it (5,000) will reach AFG in a day or so, for the Afghan people.”
Thank you my friend Prime Minister @narendramodi , and thank you India for providing 500K tablets of hydroxychloroquine, 100K tablets of paracetamol, and 75,000 metric tons of wheat that the first consignment of it (5,000) will reach AFG in a day or so, for the Afghan people.
— Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) April 20, 2020
The Afghan President in another tweet said: “Thank you also for further commitments to supply more items including medicines and equipment as availability increases in India. In the difficult times of #Covid19, closer cooperation between allies and friends will prepare us better to fight this menace and save our people.”
Thank you also for further commitments to supply more items including medicines and equipment as availability increases in India.
In the difficult times of #Covid19, closer cooperation between allies and friends will prepare us better to fight this menace and save our people.— Ashraf Ghani (@ashrafghani) April 20, 2020
India had last year announced that it would gift 75,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan.
