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19/06/2010
UAE’s RCA to distribute humanitarian aid to refugees on Kyrgyz-Uzbek borders
UAE’s RCA to distribute humanitarian aid to refugees on Kyrgyz-Uzbek borders
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) --
A delegation from the UAE’s Red Crescent Authority (RCA) has left for Uzbekistan to distribute humanitarian aid for refugees who were displaced to the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border by violence in Kyrgyzstan over the past week, WAM reported.
A quick assessment of the humanitarian conditions on ground will be made by RCA team to develop a plan to distribute emergency aid which includes blankets, tents, food and medicine, according to Dr Saleh Al-Taei’, Secretary General of RCA and head of the delegation to Uzbekistan.
Al-Taei says the UAE’s aid materials to be procured by RCA from Uzbekistan’s local markets will be hauled on trucks to the borders with Kyrgyzstan.
The RCA team will hold meetings with representatives of international aid agencies and the Uzbek Red Crescent to coordinate the emergency humanitarian operation.
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