The EU Stands With India in Times of Need - Defence News
EU has long been a reliable partner for india, and soon as india requested support, the EU and its member states came together to help
On Saturday, the leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member-states, the president of the European Council, and I will meet virtually with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It illustrates the importance that the EU attaches to its partnership with India, and demonstrates our solidarity with the Indian people as they fight the coronavirus. Coronavirus has swept the planet in unrelenting waves. Europe has been hit hard and today, we witness a deterioration of the situation in India. My heart goes out to all who have lost loved ones, and my thoughts are with the heroic frontline workers. The EU has long been a reliable partner for India, and we are proving this once again. As soon as India requested support, the EU and its member states came together to help. We activated our EU civil protection mechanism in one of its biggest-ever response operations. This is what friends do in times of need. The European Commission is coordinating and co-financing the delivery of urgently needed medical equi…