Colombian Vice President pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at New Delhi

Marta Lucia Ramirez, Colombia's Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary at Raj Ghat in New Delhi. Ramirez used opportunity to propose Colombia as a gateway for India in all of Latin America.

Ramirez said that y would like to propose Colombia as a conduit for India's involvement in all Latin American countries and economies. She furr expressed that y respect how essential Indian enterprise, technology and principles will be in overcoming COVID's consequences and improving living standards of all people. She also talked about importance of India's and Colombia's ties being strengned.

What did Lucia Ramirez say?

She said, "We came as a delegation from  Colombian government, in order to strengn relations, to know each or better, in order to use democracy as a strong linkage between India and Latin America. Today, on International Day of Non-Violence, we want to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi's life, and how he taught entire humanity about values of Democracy, respect, for dignity for everyone in entire world. We know that he was person who me India move forward as a united nation."

On Thursday, Marta Lucia Ramirez met with Indian Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu in New Delhi. Lucia Ramirez is in India for four days, she also met EAM Jaishankar earlier today. According to Ministry of External Affairs, Marta Lucia Ramirez is in Delhi with a business group for a series of meetings spanning all facets of bilateral ties. Science and technology, vaccine research, and biotechnology are all given special attention.

Ramirez is in India to seal important cooperation

Ramirez stated that y came to India to seal important cooperation that will allow m to produce vaccines in Colombia. Both countries have formed partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to make COVID-19 vaccines and to continue space exploration and utilisation. Meenakshi Lekhi, India's Minister of State for External Affairs (MoS), met with Lucia Ramirez on Monday to discuss ways to deepen bilateral ties. In a tweet, Lekhi said that representatives from both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Space Cooperation during meeting.

(With inputs from ANI)

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