US plans to lure PM Narendra Modi to restart COVID-19 vaccine exports: Report
Joe Biden Administration in the United States plans to offer Prime Minister Narendra Modi higher role in the Global Covid-19 summit that will come in New York if he agreed to restart the vaccine exports against the Coronavirus novel, according to a report.
To end the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the global vaccine supply remains important. Therefore, with this plan, Biden Administration “quietly pressed” India to continue exports of vaccines, reporting Sources’ axios with developments.
India, the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, began exporting the Covid-19 vaccine in January. But exports stopped in March when infections surged in this country.
Now, convincing the Indian government to continue the supply of vaccines into the world through the Global Vaccination organization Covax is an important part of the Biden government strategy to contain the spread of the virus globally, the report said.
Reuters’s report also confirmed that the US communicated communicating with India in bilateral and multilateral channels to discuss the supply of Covid-19 vaccine and asked about the timeline to restart vaccine export. However, it did not mention that this problem was related to the participation of the Modi PM which will come in the Summit.
PM Modi has been invited to participate in September 16 Summons from “Quad” countries – Australia, India, Japan and the United States. Global pandemic will be the main topic of the Quad leader in Washington.
Visits by Scott Morrison’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and Yoshihide Suga to the United States will coincide with the UN General Assembly in New York, which will be handled by Biden on September 21.
Quad leaders met virtually in March and agreed to cooperate with the Covid-19 vaccine, but the initiative was stopped after India was hit by a disaster wave of the novel Coronavirus infection and stopped the exports of vaccines.
Administrative officials said Washington remained closely related to India and other quad partners on vaccine partnerships, and “any factor that can affect this project or the supply of global vaccines,” but the discussion was not related to certain summit or involvement, reported by the news agency.
The official noted that Washington had transferred the supply of raw materials for vaccine production to India in April, considering the need for urging.
“We praised India because it became one of the largest manufacturers for Covid-19 vaccines that were safe and effectively globally, and we noted that Covax and the world were very dependent on Indian contributions,” the official said.
“It is important for the United States to involve all of our allies and partners about these things so that we can take the necessary actions to end this pandemic together,” added the official.
India has so far given more than 75 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Ministry of Health Union.
