A supply ship from the Egyptian Navy arrived in the Port
of Latakia, Syria, on Monday carrying “hundreds of tons” of relief aid in the
wake of the 6 February earthquake, Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Ahmed Fahmy
said in a statement.
The shipment was delivered “in solidarity with Syria and its brotherly people and in support of Syria in this painful humanitarian plight,” the spokesman said.
The shipment to Syria also comes in implementation of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s directives to continue providing aid to the Syrian people in the face of the ramifications of the earthquake, the spokesman added.
The shipment included around 500 tons of aid, Syrian official news agency SANA reported.
The aid will be handed over to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to be distributed to regions that were harmed by the earthquake, a SANA reporter said.
Meanwhile, the General Command of the Egyptian Armed Forces dispatched a ship carrying hundreds of tons of aid relief, including large quantities of tents, blankets, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies.
The supplies are provided by the ministries of defence and social solidarity, Al-Azhar, the Red Crescent Society, and the Long Live Egypt Fund, to contribute to alleviating the effects caused by the devastating earthquake in both countries, the Egyptian military spokesman said in a statement.
This comes within the framework of the Egyptian leadership's keenness to support fraternal relations between peoples and help brothers overcome crises and tribulations, he added.
Source: Al-Ahram Online
