Jaishankar, addressing a joint press interaction following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, said that he believes that the basis for travel should be testing. “If people who are tested before for international travel and tested on arrival is a good enough basis for travel but some countries have now introduced the issue of vaccination. He said that the COVID-19 challenge has actually provided an occasion for India and Russia to demonstrate the strength of their cooperation. “We are seeing that today in the production of Sputnik vaccine and I completely agree with my Russian counterpart. "We are ready to discuss the possibilities of coordinating our actions related to vaccinated citizens, regarding the certification of those who were vaccinated.

Source: Mint July 09, 2021 16:52 UTC