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India providing humanitarian assistance to Libya New Delhi, Jan 31: The Ministry of External Affairs in a press release today informed that Indian Government is providing additional humanitarian assistance to Libya worth one million US dollars. India’s humanitarian assistance, consisting of life saving medicines and medical equipment, was handed over to the National Transitional Council of Libya, in Tripoli, on January 30, by Rajeev Shahare, Joint Secretary (West Asia & North Africa), Ministry of External Affairs. The National Transitional Council had earlier provided a list of life saving drugs to India and these medicines were selected as per requirements of Libya. The Indian Government had earlier provided assistance worth one million dollars in cash to the National Transitional Council through the United Nation’s Office of Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid in New York. India has been supportive of the people of Libya and has, on various occasions, interacted with the National Transitional Council in London, Istanbul and Paris meeting including in the United Nations. The interim Government of National Transitional Council has been considering sending injured Libyan nationals for their medical treatment to India. Indian authorities have welcomed this move and are looking forward to receive injured Libyan patients in India. In this regard a Libyan delegation has already visited India in December, last year, to tie up treatment of injured Libyan patients in reputed hospitals. The Government of India is also arranging to send a team of ‘Jaipur Foot’ to Tripoli. The team would be providing prostheses (artificial limbs) to the injured Libyans and would set up a centre in Libya and provide readymade artificial limbs to injured Libyan patients. |
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