<span style="color: #222222;">India has supplied a second batch of 20 thousand litres of Malathion 95 percent ULV pesticide to Iran under a Government-to-Government Locust Control Programme.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The consignment reached Chabahar Port today and was handed over to Plant Protection Organization, Iran.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">External Affairs Ministry said India had approached Iran and Pakistan for a coordinated regional response to the threat to approaching swarms of desert locusts.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It was in this context that Iran had requested the supply of pesticides. There was no response from Pakistan.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">India supplied the first tranche of 20 thousand litres of Malathion to Iran in June last year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The second tranche of 20,000 litres for Iran has been handed over today.</span><br />''