It contains 46 tons of food and sanitary supplies
The UAE sends a humanitarian aid plane to Ethiopia
The UAE's aid comes within the framework of supporting the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region.
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Yesterday, the UAE sent an aid plane containing 46 tons of food and health supplies to Ethiopia, in support of the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region.
The country's ambassador to Ethiopia, Muhammad Salem Ahmad Musaad Al-Rashidi, said: “The UAE has close ties with Ethiopia, and this aid comes within the framework of the directives of the country's wise leadership to provide humanitarian and development assistance to brotherly and friendly peoples.”
He added: “The UAE is working to support the humanitarian and development situation in the Tigray region in Ethiopia, given the region’s suffering from war conditions and the spread of the Covid-19 virus,” affirming the state’s commitment to a humanitarian approach that supports emergency relief in countries that need it, and that the UAE stands and leads its side. The people of Ethiopia, and all the peoples of the world, to overcome any humanitarian crisis.
It is worth noting that the UAE pledged 18.3 million dirhams (five million US dollars) to support the displaced on the Ethiopian-Sudanese borders, in cooperation with the World Food Program and other international organizations, and it also worked to fly six aircraft carrying about 300 tons of relief materials through the International City for Services. Humanity in Dubai and its international organization partners.
Within the same framework, the UAE provided Ethiopia with 18.5 tons of medical supplies, as part of the global efforts to address the "Covid-19" pandemic, and it also supported the efforts of the World Health Organization in Ethiopia by transporting 15 tons of medical aid, as well as strengthening the work of the World Food Program through hospital relocation. The field for treating people with "Covid-19" from Norway to Ethiopia.
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UAE is committed to a humanitarian approach that supports emergency relief.
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