Days after India gifted vaccines to Mongolia, the country is keen to get more vaccines from New Delhi, this time commercially.

S.Amarsaikhan, deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia has written to India’s external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar requesting for 1- 1.5 million India-made vaccines Covishield.

India had gifted 150000 doses of Covishield vaccine to Mongolia on February 21 that helped the country begin its vaccination drive.

Interestingly, the Prime Minister of Mongolia L.Oyun-Erdene was vaccinated using India-made vaccines.

India and Mongolia share close ties and have seen a number of visits including the famous visit of Indian PM Modi in 2015. Mongolia, landlocked between China and Russia considers India as its spiritual and third neighbour.