With India facing an unprecedented number of Covid-19 cases, Russia has sent its important BRICS partner two planes full of medical supplies, including much-needed ventilators and doses of the antiviral drug Favipiravir.
The shipment, announced by Moscow on Wednesday, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday. The decision to send aid came after a phone call between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which the Indian head of state called an “excellent conversation with [his] friend” about “bilateral cooperation.”
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