Iran Press/Asia: "The Iranian health sector, among the most resilient in the region and the world, has been affected directly and indirectly by these unjust, illegal and inhumane sanctions," Ali Chegeni, Iran's ambassador to New Delhi, told Hindustan Times, referring to unilateral US sanctions against Iran.
He also said, “In a hypocritical way, the US administration has claimed that humanitarian supplies, including food and medicine, are exempted from anti-Iran sanctions, but freezing Iran’s financial assets in various countries, banning Iranian banks and denying Iran’s access to SWIFT for funds transfer and clear threats against several foreign banks have deterred them from doing any such humanitarian businesses with Tehran.”
Referring to the close cooperation between Iran and India in the fight against the Coronavirus, Chegeni also expressed hope that the cooperation between Iran and India in the field of medicine, which has a long history, will continue in this situation.
Iran's ambassador to India said, “The two countries could work together to develop the coronavirus vaccine. An Iranian biomedicine company has started mass production of serological test kits which are very much needed to detect the rate of infection among various groups of the population.”
“Given the capabilities of both countries, we can deploy the full strength of relations to effectively combat COVID-19. As you know, for many years we have been importing pharmaceutical products from India and we are confident that our cooperation will continue. The close consultations of both countries’ health ministers and sharing experiences and the lessons learned in fighting the Coronavirus pandemic are very important and it could be more effective in a regional initiative. We could also cooperate on the development of medicines and vaccines as we do share great scientific and technological capacities together with research and development centers in our countries,” the ambassador noted.
“Considering the unpredictability of the situation, it is important to look at possible options to continue exchanges of goods and commodities according to uniform health protocols. Moreover, this ongoing pandemic could be a way forward to boost mutual economic cooperation and partnership,” he added.
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