India provides medical assistance to North Korea

New Delhi, July 25: Giving response to a request received from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Ministry of External Affairs said India has extended "humanitarian assistance" worth $1 million to North Korea.

 

India is sensitive to the shortage of medical supply situation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and decided to grant humanitarian assistance of USD 1 million in the form of anti-tuberculosis medicines, the MEA said.

  

The consignment of anti-tuberculosis medicine worth $1 million was handed over to North Korean authorities by Indian Ambassador to DPRK Atul Malhari Gotsurve in the presence of a WHO representative.

India and North Korea have growing trade and diplomatic relations. India is one of North Korea's biggest trade partners and a major food aid provider. According to the report, India's exports to North Korea in 2013 totaled more than US$60 million

Besides that, North Korea has repeatedly claimed that no one in the country has been infected by COVID-19, a claim that has been doubted by experts.