India's new envoy lands with medicines
A consignment of essential medicines and medical items dispatched by India as a gift was received at the Bandaranaike International Airport on Friday.
The consignment of 12.5 tonnes was the fourth in recent weeks.
The medical consignment reached Colombo with High Commissionerdesignate of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay on board the same flight, the Indian High Commission said in a press release.
The High Commission said the gift underscores the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, enunciated in his video conference with SAARC leaders on March 15, to jointly fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Three consignments of medicines and medical gloves from India were handed over to Sri Lanka last month.
“Soon after landing at BIA, the High Commissioner-designate conveyed the greetings from the people of India to the people of Sri Lanka on the occasion of Vesak. He also stated that the mission entrusted to him highlights the very high significance of steadfast friendship, solidarity and cooperation between India and Sri Lanka,” the High Commission said.
He also stated that India’s continued commitment to share its resources with friends and partner nations even at a time when many countries the world over faced a scarcity of medical products due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and consequent supply chain disruptions, is in line with the abiding faith of India’s leadership in the dictum of ‘ vasudhaiva kutumbakam’ (the whole world is but one family).