India offers to vaccinate all 95,000 UN peacekeepers
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17 February, 2021, 09:05 pm
Last modified: 17 February, 2021, 09:08 pm
"Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 doses for them," said India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) patrol the border with Israel near the village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File Photo
India on Wednesday offered a Covid-19 vaccine to all United Nations peacekeepers - nearly 95,000 troops in 12 missions around the world.
"Keeping in mind the UN Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 200,000 doses for them," India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar told a UN Security Council meeting on the coronavirus pandemic and conflict zones.
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