Landmarks throughout UAE lit up with tricolour to help India’s COVID-19 battle

Prominent iconic buildings, together with the Burj Khalifa, within the UAE had been lit up with the tricolour to indicate solidarity with India because it grapples with a rising COVID-19 disaster.
India’s whole tally of COVID-19 instances has climbed to 1,73,13,163 whereas lively instances have crossed the 28-lakh mark. The demise toll elevated to 1,95,123 with a document 2,812 new fatalities, based on the Union Health Ministry information up to date on Monday.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) headquarters and the world’s tallest constructing, Burj Khalifa, in Dubai had been lit up with the colors of the Indian flag in solidarity with India because it responds to a second COVID-19 wave, the official WAM information company reported.
“As #India battles the gruesome war against #COVID19 , its friend #UAE sends its best wishes. Glowing star @BurjKhalifa in #Dubai lits up in Flag of India to showcase its support,” Indian Embassy within the UAE tweeted on Sunday.

⭐️As #India battles the grotesque conflict in opposition to #COVID19 , its pal #UAE sends its finest needs
🌟 @BurjKhalifa in #Dubai lits up in 🇮🇳 to showcase its help#IndiaUAEDosti @MEAIndia @cgidubai @AmbKapoor @MoFAICUAE @IndianDiplomacy @DrSJaishankar @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/9OFERnLDL4
— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) April 25, 2021
The embassy additionally tweeted a video of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest constructing, displaying the Indian flag and #staystrongIndia.
India is combating a second wave of the pandemic with greater than 3,00,000 each day new coronavirus instances being reported previously few days, and hospitals in a number of states are reeling underneath a scarcity of medical oxygen and beds.
Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India to the UAE, tweeted, “India appreciates the UAE’s strong support to its close friend in difficult times @MoFAICUAE @UAEembassyIndia.”
The ADNOC on the facade of its headquarters displayed the message “Stay strong, India” to focus on its help for one of many UAE’s closest mates and most necessary buying and selling companions, the report stated.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has affirmed his confidence in India’s capacity to beat the problem of the resurgence in COVID-19 instances, the Gulf News reported.
He reiterated the UAE’s full help for and solidarity with India. This got here in a cellphone name made by Sheikh Abdullah on Sunday with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

We thank our pal #UAE for standing by us in these testing occasions.#IndiaUAEDosti🇮🇳 🤝 🇦🇪 pic.twitter.com/fpqSyV5wfp
— India in UAE (@IndembAbuDhabi) April 26, 2021
Sheikh Abdullah stated the management, authorities and folks of the UAE are in full solidarity with India. Sheikh Abdullah expressed the UAE’s keenness to dedicate all sources in help of the efforts presently undertaken by the federal government of India, the report added.
He additionally reaffirmed the longstanding relations between the UAE and India and the excellent strategic partnership between the 2 pleasant international locations. He additionally harassed that international motion is prime in overcoming the fallout of the pandemic. Cooperation between the 2 nations over the COVID-19 pandemic took varied kinds and manifested itself in facilitating repatriation flights through the onset of the well being disaster; data switch; provision of medical assist and provides; alternate of experience; and software of superior screening methods for detection of lively virus infections, the WAM reported.
The UAE and India boast longstanding strategic relations that began in 1972 with the initiation of diplomatic relations between the 2 nations that grew into fruitful cooperation based mostly on mutual belief and customary curiosity throughout all fronts. These privileged relations fructified into the signing of a complete strategic partnership settlement between the 2 international locations in 2017, it stated.