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Russia delivers over 40 tons of relief to Syria from France
MOSCOW, July 22, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – A Russian military transport aircraft
has delivered more than 40 tons of humanitarian aid from France to Syria, the
Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.
“On July 21, 44 tons of humanitarian cargo were delivered to the airfield
of Khmeimim in Syria from French Chateauroux airport by an An-124 Ruslan
military transport airplane of the Russian Aerospace Forces,” the ministry
said in a statement.
The aid includes medicines, emergency medical supplies, clothes, tents,
medical equipment and essential items.
They will later be distributed among the civilian population in urgent need
of assistance in Eastern Ghouta, especially to hospitals run by the Syrian
Arab Red Crescent.
The delivery was completed with the assistance of the Russian Center for
Syrian Reconciliation and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, the statement said.
France and Russia are jointly delivering humanitarian aid to the former
Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta, the French Presidency said in a
statement with Russia on Friday.
A Russian cargo plane reportedly arrived late Friday in Chateauroux to load
medical equipment and essential goods provided by France, and transport them
to Eastern Ghouta, which was recaptured by Syrian troops earlier this year.
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