Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of Russia’s decision to provide emergency humanitarian aid to the republic to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kremlin press service informed on the outcomes of a phone call between Putin and Modi, TASS reports.
"Vladimir Putin sent words of support to Narendra Modi at such a difficult time of fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus and informed him of the decision to provide emergency humanitarian aid to India," the message says.
The Kremlin informed that today, the Russian Emergencies Ministry will send aircrafts to India carrying over 22 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including 20 units of oxygen supply equipment, 75 artificial lung ventilation machines, 150 medical monitors and 200,000 packages of medicines.
It is noted that the Indian PM warmly thanked President Putin for Russia’s cooperation "that is in many ways of a high-tech nature and is in high demand in the country."
