New Delhi: Describing India as a “messenger of peace”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the country has always contributed towards global peace, unity and harmony through UN missions across the world.
He said India is the third highest contributor to UN peacekeeping missions, with around 7,000 of its security personnel deployed on various missions across the world.
Besides, the Indian forces have imparted peacekeeping training to their counterparts from 85 countries and have been providing medical services to people of a number of countries, Mr Modi said in his radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’.
In his 30-minute broadcast, he also mentioned about the role played by Sardar Vallabhai Patel in laying the foundation of the country’s unity and urged people to participate in the ‘Run for Unity’ to be organised on Patel’s birth anniversary on October 31.
