AUTHENTICATION25 November 2013 - Ambassador Nikolay R. Kudashev informed Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Maria Zeneida Angara Collinson that the Russian Federation extended another package of assistance worth €50,000 to the victims of typhoon “Yolanda” in Central Philippines, in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO).
The latest assistance package took the form of five (5) emergency medicine modules and fifty (50) basic medical kits containing medicines, consumable supplies, medical equipment and instruments that can provide health care and treatment to 150,000 disaster victims in one month.
Ambassador Kudashev emphasized that Russia’s humanitarian assistance is in recognition of the close ties of friendship between Russia and the Philippines. The Ambassador expressed hope that his Government’s assistance made through the World Health Organization will help alleviate the sufferings of the victims and contribute to their early recovery and rehabilitation.
The Russian government, through its Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disaster (ENERCOM) had earlier donated 55 tons of canned beef stew, tuna and sugars that arrived in Cebu on 14 November 2013. END
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