MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X: "Humanitarian assistance of medical supplies comprising life saving & essential medicines including insulin, blood glucose monitors & strips, human albumin, ORS etc has been dispatched to Sao Tome & Principe."

Jaiswal said the assistance will help strengthen the public health services of the country.

India and Sao Tome and Principe (STP) have enjoyed warm and friendly relations since its independence in 1975.