Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday invited European Union to support the proposal by India and South Africa to waive patents on COVID-19 vaccines, said MEA on India-EU leaders' summit. "We've just concluded historic and successful India-EU Leaders' meeting. The India-EU leaders' meeting is hosted by Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa. Modi was scheduled to visit Portugal for the leaders' meeting but it was called off in view of the coronavirus crisis and both sides decided to hold the deliberations virtually. In the 15th India-EU summit in July last year, Prime Minister Modi had pitched for bringing out an "action-oriented" agenda to further expand ties between the two sides.

Source: Mint May 08, 2021 15:22 UTC