NEW DELHI : India has sent food and medical assistance to the Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles by a naval ship following separate requests for help in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
The ship has been dispatched sent under India's 'Mission Sagar' launched to help the friendly countries deal with the pandemic.
The Indian foreign ministry in a statement said the Indian naval ship Kesari was carrying medical teams, essential medicines and food items to the five countries in line with India's "time-tested" role as the first responder to any crisis in the Indian Ocean region. “The deployment is in consonance with the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi’) s vision of Security and Growth for All in the Region ‘SAGAR’ and