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India sends $1 million worth of anti-tuberculosis medicine to North Korea

Indian embassy in Pyongyang says that the assistance was requested by the World Health Organization (WHO)

The Indian government sent $1 million worth of anti-tuberculosis medicine to North Korea per a request from the World Health Organization (WHO), according to a press release issued by the Indian embassy in Pyongyang on Wednesday.

“The medical assistance is under the aegis of WHO’s ongoing anti-tuberculosis (TB) program in the DPRK,” the press release stated. The aid package was handed over to North Korean authorities by the Indian ambassador to the DPRK, Atul Malhari Gotsurve.

Photos released by the Indian embassy in Pyongyang also showed that the handover was made in the presence of a WHO Representative in DPRK, Edwin