Syrians urged Russia to bring humanitarian aid more often

28 May 2020


In two villages in the Syrian Trans–Euphrates Region – al-Haddadiyah and al-Khatla -regular actions were held to distribute Russian humanitarian aid. In total, about 700 food packages weighing almost 3.5 tons were received.


At the same time, local residents, as RIA Novosti writes, asked Russia to help more often.


"Life is difficult here, but we try, we wait for help and we get it from our Russian friends. We have big families. Only I have three sons. We would like you to come more often," said a local resident Seiham.


Pavel Yegorov, a representative of the Russian Center for reconciliation of warring parties, said that the products were intended for low-income families. There are a lot of them in  al-Haddadiyah, officials in the local administration say that many families have 10 children here.


Russia remains the only country that helps Syrians in need. As the representative of the administration of  al-Haddadiyah Fathar al-Ahmar said, several times the Americans visited the village, promised a lot of things, but did not bring anything.


In  al-Haddadiyah, 440 food packages weighing 2,134 kilograms were handed over to residents, while in al-Khatla, 250 food packages weighing 1,212 kilograms. The campaign took place on the school's territory, the area before the event was examined by Russian sappers.


Earlier, the Russian container ship Sparta-2 brought almost 850 tons of humanitarian aid to the Syrian port of Tartus - 53 containers with rice, cereals, canned food, tea and  condensed milk.


Several days later a column of Russian vehicles delivered 170 tonnes of cargo in the Trans-Euthratus region. The Russian military transfers humanitarian aid to local administrations, and they, in turn, distribute it among the population.


The Center for reconciliation recalled that in total, the Russian military conducted more than 2,400 humanitarian actions in Syria and distributed more than 4,000 tons of food, and only in the last six weeks - more than 200 tons.

 

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