New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday (April 8) dismissed media experiences quoting Taiwan overseas minister Joseph Wu that Taipei’s intervention led to Paraguay getting vaccines from India.
In response to a query, the MEA spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, mentioned, “I would like to confirm that no third party was involved in” New Delhi sending vaccines to the south American nation.
India on the twenty sixth of March despatched one lakh doses of India-made COVID vaccines to the South American nation. This got here in the backdrop of a request from Paraguay throughout a telephonic dialog between its overseas minister and India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar. Earlier this 12 months, India introduced that it’ll open its embassy in the nation.
Media experiences quoting Taiwan’s overseas minister mentioned that its intervention and dealing along with “like-minded countries” led to Paraguay getting vaccines.
Paraguay has ties with Taiwan and would not acknowledge the People’s Republic of China. It is the most important nation, in phrases of measurement to acknowledge Taiwan. Taipei, eager to assist its ally reached out to New Delhi, the overseas minister indicated.
