Prime Minister Narendra Modi has informed Nepalese colleague Sher Bahadur Deuba that India will strengthen ties with the Himalayan country by supplying covid -19 vaccine.
Taking to Twitter following the phone conversation, Modi said: “Spoke with Prime Minister @DeubaSherbdr to convey my congratulations and best wishes. We will work together to further enhance the wide-ranging cooperation between India and Nepal, including in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.”
The Nepal Foreign Ministry said the two Prime Ministers “discussed further strengthening of bilateral relations” and Modi “assured early supply of Covid vaccines to Nepal”.
Nepal is awaiting a consignment of one million Covishield vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India (SII) as Kathmandu had already made a downpayment in February.