A delegation of Russia's interdepartmental coordination headquarters for the return of refugees and the restoration of peaceful life arrived on Monday with a working visit to the capital of the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), Damascus., the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.
"During the work of the Russian interdepartmental delegation in Syria, it is planned to pay special attention to the actions with the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Syrian side. Visits to the most crisis areas of the republic are planned, as well as joint work of representatives of Russian and Syrian ministries and departments within the framework of expanding Russian-Syrian cooperation," the ministry said.
According to the information of the Defense Ministry, on the previous day Russian air transport aircraft delivered to the Syrian Arab Republic over 1.1 thousand tons of humanitarian cargo including generators, medical equipment, medicines, food, school supplies and clothes. The ministry added that 72 federal executive bodies and 13 organizations, as well as 85 subjects of the Russian Federation took part in forming the humanitarian cargo.
The Defense Ministry reminded that the complex of tasks of the post-conflict settlement in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the creation of conditions for the return of Syrian refugees to their homeland, is implemented by the Russian military department together with the interested federal executive bodies, executive bodies of the subjects of the Russian Federation and organizations in accordance with the decision of the Russian President.
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Based on materials from TASS