‘What you call aid, we describe as friendship’: S Jaishankar on Covid crisis

Published on May 05, 2021 03:55 pm IST

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India describes Covid medical aid as ‘friendship & support’. Jaishankar said there is a need to understand the uniqueness of problem being faced. “Last year when it came or even this year when it came to medicines, we gave HCQ, paracetamol; we gave to the US, we gave to Singapore, we gave to European countries, we sent medical team to Kuwait, we gave vaccines to some countries. Now what you describe as aid we describe as friendship as support," he said. He added, “"The kind of situation which we are seeing in Delhi, I will do everything in my power to help to our people.” Watch the full video for more.

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