New Delhi: India, which had earlier toughened its stand on EU COVID passports, said on Friday that New Delhi expects its vaccination certificate to be recognized by the EU on a reciprocal basis.
Arindam Bagchi, Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, “It is our expectation that Indians vaccinated through our domestic vaccination program will be treated at par with vaccination in the EU and the vaccination certificate will be recognized by the EU on a reciprocal basis.” Will go.”
Meanwhile, Bagchi also pointed out that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is “making all efforts to increase vaccine production”.
“Currently, our priority remains on targeting domestic production as part of the domestic immunization programme,” he said.
The foreign ministry official’s remarks come after India had earlier told EU countries that it would allow travelers from its member countries into India without mandatory quarantine on a reciprocity basis.
New Delhi had also told the European Union that they need to include India-made vaccines Covishield and Covaxin in their ‘Green Pass’, which will come into effect from July.
Amid the ongoing tussle between India and the European Union over a ‘green pass’ for COVID vaccines, nine European countries have added Kovidshield to their list of approved vaccines.
The European countries that comprise Covishield include the seven EU member states – Spain, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Estonia, Slovenia and Austria – in addition to two non-member states – Switzerland and Iceland.
This means that people affected by Covidshield will be allowed to travel to these countries.
Previously, EU countries had only four vaccines – Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, and Janssen – approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
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