International cooperation answer to challenge posed by Covid: Jaishankar

Jaishankar pushes for vaccine equity as G20 foreign ministers meet face-to-face for the first time in two years

India’s External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that international cooperation is the answer to the challenge posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Whether it is vaccines, medicines, PPE or oxygen, international cooperation is the answer to the Covid challenge. Need more, not less,” Jaishankar said while addressing the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting here.

Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies met face-to-face for the first time in two years, with host Italy aiming to push multilateral cures for global crises like the Covid-19 pandemic.

The one-day gathering in the heat-soaked southern city of Matera included debate on how to improve