India has sent a shipment of its indigenous produces vaccine to Paraguay after the country's foreign minister requested External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

This comes as India is all set to open an embassy in the South American country.

"As you are aware, India is opening an Embassy in Paraguay.  During a telephonic conversation between External Affairs Minister and the Foreign Minister of Paraguay, a request for vaccines was raised by the Paraguayan side and External Affairs Minister responded positively to this request," MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said.

"Subsequently, a shipment of Made in India vaccines was sent to Paraguay.  I would like to confirm that no third party was involved in this," he said.