NEW DELHI, 07 April 2022, (TON): Ukraine has requested India for supply of more medicines and their delivery would begin soon, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar informed Lok Sabha.

Responding to a discussion on the situation in Ukraine, Mr Jaishankar said the ground situation in that country calls for urgent humanitarian relief and pointed out that India has already provided 90 tonnes of relief material.

Mr Jaishankar said "I was glad to see that many members yesterday noted it and appreciated it. We did it even while we were in the middle of an evacuation.”

He said "Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called me a few days ago to request for supply of more medicines. The House will be glad to know that this is underway and delivery should start very soon.”

He said “India will work with the international community and partner countries to mitigate the economic hardships that are resulting from this conflict.”

He said "obviously, our focus is to soften its impact on our own economy. But equally, there are partners who are going through very tough times. Coordinating on lowering energy prices is one collective initiative. In the case of a neighbour like Sri Lanka, we are even supplying fuel and food on credit.”