Pak supports Modi’s 5 proposals for regional cooperation on Covid-19
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By Aarti Tikoo Singh
New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) In an unusual move, Pakistan on Thursday supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five proposals on making South Asia a Covid-19 free region.
Official sources told IANS that at the health secretary-level SAARC virtual workshop held on the management of Covid-19, where Pakistan was invited, there was a complete consensus on Prime Minister Modi’s ideas.
In his address to the SAARC officials earlier on Thursday, Modi had made a strong pitch for regional cooperation in combating Covid-19. He had proposed the member countries to consider creating a special visa scheme for regional doctors and nurses so that they can travel quickly within the region during health emergencies on the request of the receiving countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged neighbouring countries and others to explore the possibility of giving special visas to doctors and nurses to help them reach places of health emergency
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