New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said India and the US was determined to end the Covid-19 pandemic along with the quad vaccine partnership.
“We are determined to end this pandemic, and India-US will work together to do it together including through the quad vaccine partnership.
I believe India and the US together throughout the world will be the leader to end this pandemic,” Blinken said.
The US Secretary also expressed his gratitude that his country remembered and would not forget the assistance and assistance of India provided during the early days of pandemic and said, “I am proud we can restore the movement to India.” The Minister of India’s external affairs Dr.
Jaishankar also shared his mind and said, “Today, we focus on expanding vaccine production to make it globally affordable and accessible.” Speaking of post-pandemic economic recovery, Blinken said, “We also have to overcome a very painful secondary consequence of the pandemic to cure our economic recovery, India and the US must continue to foster our trade relations and beyond that, we must continue to work through obstacles that are blocking Bigger bilateral investment and deeper commercial bonds.
It is something we talked about today.
If we create the right conditions for more trade and investment and innovation, there is actually no limit to what our private sector can reach together “.
Blinken praised Indian Foreign Minister, saying that the relationship between India and America is one of the most important relationships in the world.
Blinken said he also discussed quad and maritime security with Jaisankar.
“Thank you to Dr S Jaishankar for today’s collaborative discussions in many fields of cooperation, including efforts to support peace and stability in Afghanistan.
India is one of our most valued partners, and the US welcomes India as a leading global force,” Tweeted , Blinking.
Blinken also clarified that Quad was not a military alliance and his aim was to cooperate with regional challenges.
Answering about Quad, he said, “Quad is not a military alliance.
The aim is to advance cooperation about regional challenges while strengthening international rules and values ​​that we believe together with peace, prosperity, stability in the region.” Talking about regional cooperation, Blinken said that the future of the 21st century would be written in this part of the world (Indo-Pacific).
“We distribute our vision, India and the US are free, open, safe and prosperous Indo-Pacific.
We work together to make that vision come true and will continue to advance peace, security and development throughout the world and work in international organizations for Strengthens.
The world-based international order, “added US diplomats.
The United States on Wednesday also announced assistance of USD 25 million to support Covid-19 vaccination efforts throughout India.
The US Secretary, who was on a two-day visit to India, said that funding would contribute to saving lives by strengthening the logistics of the supply chain vaccine, handling wrong information, vaccine doubts, and helping to train more health workers.
“We have contributed more than 200 million dollars in Covid-19 aid.
I am happy to announce that the United States government will send an additional 25 million dollars to support vaccination efforts throughout India,” Blinken announced during a press conference along with EAM S Jaishankar here.