{"id":102056,"date":"2020-05-08T15:17:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T22:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=102056"},"modified":"2020-05-08T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T22:17:35","slug":"indias-high-commissioner-designate-gopal-baglay-arrives-with-a-gift-of-12-5-tonnes-of-medical-supplies-to-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/05\/08\/indias-high-commissioner-designate-gopal-baglay-arrives-with-a-gift-of-12-5-tonnes-of-medical-supplies-to-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s High Commissioner-designate Gopal Baglay arrives with a gift of 12.5 tonnes of medical supplies to Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Significantly the gift from India arrived while Sri Lankans were celebrating the Buddhist festival Vesak.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IAF-trasport-aircraft-which-brought-the-thied-consignent-of-covid-19-medical-equipment-750x375.jpeg\" alt=\"India\u2019s High Commissioner-designate Gopal Baglay arrives with a gift of 12.5 tonnes of medical supplies to Lanka\"\/><figcaption> <em>the Indian High Commissioner-designate Gopal Baglay with the IAF aircraft which the medical consignment in the background)<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Colombo, May 8 (newsin.asia): As a special friendly gesture from the Government and the people of India in the on-going auspicious Vesak week, a 12.5 tonne gift consignment of essential medicines and medical items arrived in Colombo on Friday from India by a special Indian Air Force flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The medical consignment reached Colombo with the High Commissioner-designate of India to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay on board the same flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gift consignment \u2013 the fourth in recent weeks \u2013 underscores the vision of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, enunciated in his video conference with SAARC leaders on 15th March 2020, to jointly fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Three consignments of essential life-saving medicines and medical gloves from India were handed over to Sri Lanka last month.<ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon after landing at BIA, the High Commissioner-designate conveyed greetings from the people of India to the people of Sri Lanka on the occasion of Vesak. He also stated that the mission entrusted to him highlights the very high significance of steadfast friendship, solidarity and cooperation between India and Sri Lanka \u2013 two of the closest maritime neighbors in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Medical-consignment.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41045\"\/><figcaption>The 12.5 tonne medical consignment reached Colombo on Friday, Vesak Day .<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He also stated that India\u2019s continued commitment to share its resources with friends and partner nations even at a time when many countries the world over faced scarcity of medical products due to the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent supply chain disruptions, is in line with the abiding faith of India\u2019s leadership in the dictum of \u2018<em>vasudhaiva kutumbakam\u2019<\/em>&nbsp;(the whole world is but one family).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The High-Commissioner-designate assumes his duties while observing stipulated health protocol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Significantly the gift from India arrived while Sri Lankans were celebrating the Buddhist festival Vesak. Colombo, May 8 (newsin.asia): As a special friendly gesture from the Government and the people of India in the on-going auspicious Vesak week, a 12.5 tonne gift consignment of essential medicines and medical items arrived in Colombo on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}