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Iran’s envoy praises India’s role in supplying vaccines for global war on Covid

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Iran’s Ambassador to India Ali Chegeni on Monday appreciated India for forwarding coronavirus vaccines to Iran, and said that the two countries are cooperating with each other satisfactorily in exchanging information on production of the doses.</p>
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Talking to <em>ANI </em>news agency, Ali Chegeni said that India has a good reputation for assisting other countries at times of need. “We have received several parcels of Indian-made coronavirus vaccines, and besides Iran, many other countries, too, have praised New Delhi’s humanitarian contributions of the vaccines to them.</p>
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“Iran, too, has produced its own coronavirus vaccines and we are sharing our information on its production with India. We are enjoying very excellent scientific cooperation with India,” he added.</p>
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Focusing on Iranian New Year celebrations, the Iranian ambassador said that Iran and India also enjoy excellent cultural relations, and are geographically-speaking in the same civilizational area.</p>
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The Iranian New Year, Nowruz, forwards the message of friendship, friendly coexistence, forgetting enmities, all over the world, especially in South East Asia, he said.</p>
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“Therefore, the message of Nowruz for the world nations is the message of humanity aimed at mutual understanding, unity, brotherhood and problem resolving,” the ambassador added.</p>
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The Iranian Embassy on Monday also held a ceremony on the occasion of Nowruz in New Delhi which was attended by the Indian Minister for Religious Minorities Abbas Naqvi.</p>

IN Bureau

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