India’s Covid-19 vaccine pledge helps ease tensions with Bangladesh
17 December 2020 - 09:09
New Delhi — India is expected to reassure Bangladesh it will prioritise the supply of Covid-19 vaccines to its South Asian neighbour, part of its vaccine outreach to counter China’s rising influence in the region.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina were scheduled to meet on Thursday in a virtual summit — the first high-level meeting of the leaders from the two countries since relations nosedived when India passed its controversial religion-based citizenship law late in 2019...
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