TOKYO: Emergency relief goods such as blankets, sleeping pads, plastic sheets and tentsÌýsent to Syria by the Japanese governmentÌýarrived at Damascus AirportÌýon Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry reported Thursday.Ìý
The aid was sent in response to the considerable damage caused by the Feb. 6 earthquakes in the region.Ìý
The emergency relief goods were handed over toÌýtheÌýSyrian authoritiesÌýat the airport in the presence of MIYAKE Hirofumi, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Japan in Syria,Ìýand KhaledÌýHboubati, President of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.Ìý
The goods wereÌýquicklyÌýtransshipped to trucks and transferred to the areas affected by the earthquakes.Ìý
Japan sent aidÌýthrough the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The government says itÌýwill continue to provide assistance in light of theÌýrequirementsÌýon the groundÌýand in conjunctionÌýwith theÌýgovernment of Syria.
The death toll from the Turkiye and Syria earthquake topped 41,000 on Feb. 15.
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