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(MENAFN – Emirates News Agency (WAM)) KHARTOUM, September 13, 2020 (WAM) – A second Emirati aid plane arrived yesterday in Khartoum as part of the Emirates Red Crescent airlift in the framework of the United Arab Emirates’ current humanitarian aid program, with relief for those affected by the floods in Sudan.
The plane was carrying large quantities of medicine, medical and food supplies and shelter materials, and was met at the Khartoum airport by the adviser to the UAE embassy in Sudan, Fadel Al Shamsi, and the ERC delegation, led by Mohammad Salem Al Junaibi. , who is currently in Sudan to lead relief operations and oversee the delivery of aid to those in need in several of the states hardest hit by the floods.
Dr. Mohammed Atiq Al Falahi, ERC Secretary General, stated that the aid, which has been sent by order of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the UAE, and the follow-up of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Representative of the Ruler in the Al Dhafra region and the President of ERC, supports the Sudanese people, alleviates their suffering and improves their ability to overcome the current disaster.
Al Falahi stressed that the UAE is making great efforts to help Sudan overcome the repercussions of this disaster and work with partners to limit the health, environmental and psychological effects of the floods, noting that the ERC delegation, which is currently in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, plays an important role in helping those affected and meeting their basic needs.
The ERC delegation is working in coordination with the UAE Embassy in Khartoum to strengthen the country’s humanitarian response to those affected, ‘he added.
Hamad Mohammed Al Junaibi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Sudan, stated that the leadership and people of the United Arab Emirates support their brothers in Sudan in all circumstances, adding that their humanitarian and development presence in Sudan is not new, but has been active for decades and is not linked to a disaster or crisis.
“This assistance provided by the Emirates Red Crescent to the Sudanese people is part of the Emirati humanitarian response to support those affected and avoid the dangers they face. This is the second aid shipment from the ERC after the first. who arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday, “he added.
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