Rosoboronexport donates US$2 million for India’s PM CARES fund to combat coronavirus COVID-19 challenge

By Vinay Shukla`

New Delhi, April 15 (DishaMoscow) – Russia’s top arms exporter Rosoboronexport (ROE), has donated USD $2 million for Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund (PM CARES Fund) formed to combat the coronavirus COVID-19 challenge, according to reports.

«Traditionally India has been one of the major partners of Rosoboronexport as the supplier of military products. Now, the company is helping India in the humanitarian domain. The amount of donation is US$2 million. This is an act of solidarity in countering the new epidemiological threat,» Zeenews TV reported quoting an unnamed source.

The PM CARES fund, set up by the Centre, has received the donation from Rosoboronexport for the purposes of acquiring the medical equipment and medical protective gear. The money has already been transferred it added.

ROE is part of the Rostec State Corporation, which owns Russia’s military-industrial complex. One of its subsidiaries KRET had recently shipped a consignment of ventilators to the US as part of Moscow’s humanitarian assistance in combating Corona Virus pandemic.